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Rabbi Silber's Emunah Minute explains why, no matter how far someone has fallen, the neshamah itself can never be ruined. Drawing on the Gemara's principle that a person cannot prohibit something that isn't his, and on the Baal Shem Tov's application of it to the soul, he teaches that because the neshamah is chelek Eloka mima'al — a piece of Hashem on loan to us — no failure, however severe, can touch its essential purity. That indestructible holiness is precisely what makes teshuvah, and endless second chances, possible.
No matter how many mistakes you've made, your neshamah remains pure and cannot be ruined.
The neshamah is chelek Eloka mima'al, a piece of Hashem on loan to you, which is why it can never truly be yours to damage.
Because the soul's holiness stays intact no matter what, teshuvah and second chances are always possible.
You can mess up many things in life, but the deepest core of who you are can always start over.
“I can ruin a lot of things in life, but the one thing I cannot ruin is my neshamah — my soul.”
