Sunday, April 3, 2011

Blood is Life

R. Yochanan teaches:

Blood is the impure part of a dead animal. The soul lives within the blood and when a being dies, their soul leaves the blood creating a spiritual void. It's a vessel with nothing inside. The shape of a being without the essence, which is called tameh, impure. Menstrual blood is also considered impure for the same reason. It is the form of life without life.

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