The Soul as a Cord: The Role of the Ethical-Kabbalistic Image in Formulating Compassionate Awe in Liqqutei amarim and Nefesh haḥayyim.
According to the image of the cord, originating in modern moral literature, the human soul is like a cord dangling from God into the human body. Human actions shake the cord from the bottom up, strengthen and weaken it, and may even cut it. This image, common in many Hasidic writings, emphasizes the...
| Publicado en: | Prooftexts Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 46 - 79 |
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Indiana University Press
2026
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