Machshava:

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Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Tanya

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P. 114. Also: P. 174 in Likutei Oros by Rav Moshe Wolfson. The essence of the neshamah (soul) comes from the highest place and its level and type depend completely on Hashem. Did everyone of us begin their life with a handicap not of our own making? Avraham Avinu's neshamah came from the lowest and coarsest parents, and this certainly caused him tremendous damage. A brief and cynical view of what it might have taken nowadays to get Avraham Avinu accepted into a Yeshivah. Why was Dovid Hamelech (king) allowed to remain as king after his sins, whereas Hashem removed Saul immediately after one sin? "Tainted" for high-school by going to a co-ed camp as a little child. The awesome power of Dovid Hamelech's yetzer harah (evil inclination).