The Soul goes “Down” to be Lifted “UP”.

The Soul goes “Down” to be Lifted “UP”.


This line was brought up in Torah Study on the 26th of December 2009, as a midrash(Rabbinical Story) on Abram's trip to Egypt and then back to Canon. The paraphrase of the idea goes like this –Abram had to go down into the evil of Egypt to be test his soul and then come back “up” to the Promised Land, having survived the test. I will state now that this, to me is a load of leavings by cows, at least in the form used regarding Abram.


Don't get mad, I will tell you that the statement regarding the soul, I believe to have merit. For me there has always been a number of troubling questions about the reason we exist. H'shem created the Heavens and the Earth with all that is in them, evaluated appropriate condition of the created, judged the quality to be GOOD, Blessed it, then created the next in the series. Excellently done, but then H'shem created Man, in HIS image and breathed a soul into him. Why?

We were not judged GOOD, although WE were given CHOICE. The ability to choose between Good and Evil, Life and Death, Right and Wrong, this was given to us, but WE desire to act like the Dirt or Animal part of us, not the Holy part. Why should H'shem decide to make us choose?

He actually created the Earth (HIS Garden) for US and our choice. Why?

I look for the clues regarding the “Whys”. Is it because H'shem is expecting US to be better than anything else in creation? Did Geppetto(the puppet maker) in Pinocchio want a child when he created Pinocchio?, I would say yes, but Geppetto is not G-D, although the thought might not be far off the mark. An amount of evidence can be presented to indicate that H'shem is alone, NO OTHER gods, none before, none beside and none after. H'shem is a jealous G-D, and will not share HIS GLORY. H'shem put the Breath Of Life(Holy Spirit as a Soul) in Man formed from dirt and then said be Holy, for I, your G-D am Holy.


So G-D creates man and placed a tiny speck of Holiness in that man, gives him a choice, then tests mankind. The Soul goes “Down” from H'shem, to be tested and if GOOD, Lifted “UP”. The tests include everything where you or I are presented with a choice of Right or Wrong. Seems like some kind of “Weeding Out” of those souls, for some purpose we are not told about. Why?


Last, it is pointed out throughout the Tanach, that H'shem knows/knew the END of time at the Beginning, and told US about it. For me this was also a revelation, regarding the depth and breath of My G-D's KNOWLEDGE. Consider then: To know what the end actions of all people, their deeds, words, and choices they made, what the results from each and every interaction whether directly or indirectly inflicted by any set of events on a person. The variables involved with just trying to point out how complex this is idea is overwhelming. I have enough trouble thinking over a ten minute conversation with friends and all of the ramifications and input data about each perception recorded, that is hard to grasp. Also consider then: that G-D would be aware of maybe 18 billion people in 6,000 years and all of the choices each would make. That is really hard for me to grasp the idea and hold on to.

Oh, you might ask “How is it possible that any being could know all of a persons thoughts?” Remember that G-D put a little Holy Spirit in each one of us. It is not possible to do or think anything which G-D would not Know, no matter where you went, H'shem is always there with you and your thoughts. You still must choose, it is just that HE already knows what you chose, as if it has already happened for HIM, because knowing from the Beginning to End before saying "Let There Be . . .", all outcomes are already known. We still must live and make the choices, we are not forced to choose anything, so it is not predestined –just pre-known.

So back to the original thought, G-D set a soul into each of us, and then tests it, for HIS purposes. It really could be something beyond our comprehension, this reason and benefit for passing the test so our Soul can be lifted "UP" again.


Shalom(Peace)


Yaakov