09-04-2014, 06:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-06-2019, 09:29 AM by Director Michael.)
People of different ethnic groups are all human, but among them we find distinctive differences in physical characteristics (for example, skin color, certain facial features), and we find that the ethnic groups are correlated with the geographical areas in which they developed historically, which have different climates, different agricultures, different natural resources, etc.
Likewise, the members of all the ethnic groups have human souls which are the image of G-d within the person, but we find some distinctive soul-characteristics in general for the different groups. For example: some ethnic societies are more peace-loving, and others are more combative; some are more inclined to kindness, and others are more inclined to strictness; some are more scholarly, and others are more satisfied with hard work.
Still, every single soul combines aspects of all those characteristics. It is just a matter of which characteristics predominate in the person's personality, and which are expressed more in different situations. For example, some people are more kind to others, and some people are more kind to themselves; some people are more strict towards others, and some people are more strict on themselves; etc.
This all stems from the fact that G-d makes everything in the creation through the influence of His 10 Divine attributes, of which 3 are intellectual attributes, and 7 are emotional attributes, as explained in these web pages:
https://asknoah.org/essay/the-rainbow-colors
https://asknoah.org/essay/chassidic-meditation
Reflective of G-d's Unity, these 10 Divine attributes (the 10 sefirot, in Kabbalistic terminology) are not separate from each other, but each one includes and combines within it all of the others. Each sefirah (singular of sefirot) is given the name that indicates which of the attributes is predominate in that particular general mode of expression.
The human souls derive from the 10 sefirot, and the general soul-characteristics of each ethnic group are reflective of the particular sefirah which is the spiritual channel through which G-d creates that ethnicity. Thus, as an outcome of the sin of the Tower of Babel, G-d divided mankind into 70 original nations, each one reflecting the predominance of one of the 10 sefirot within one of the 7 emotional attributes (7 x 10 = 70).
Likewise, the members of all the ethnic groups have human souls which are the image of G-d within the person, but we find some distinctive soul-characteristics in general for the different groups. For example: some ethnic societies are more peace-loving, and others are more combative; some are more inclined to kindness, and others are more inclined to strictness; some are more scholarly, and others are more satisfied with hard work.
Still, every single soul combines aspects of all those characteristics. It is just a matter of which characteristics predominate in the person's personality, and which are expressed more in different situations. For example, some people are more kind to others, and some people are more kind to themselves; some people are more strict towards others, and some people are more strict on themselves; etc.
This all stems from the fact that G-d makes everything in the creation through the influence of His 10 Divine attributes, of which 3 are intellectual attributes, and 7 are emotional attributes, as explained in these web pages:
https://asknoah.org/essay/the-rainbow-colors
https://asknoah.org/essay/chassidic-meditation
Reflective of G-d's Unity, these 10 Divine attributes (the 10 sefirot, in Kabbalistic terminology) are not separate from each other, but each one includes and combines within it all of the others. Each sefirah (singular of sefirot) is given the name that indicates which of the attributes is predominate in that particular general mode of expression.
The human souls derive from the 10 sefirot, and the general soul-characteristics of each ethnic group are reflective of the particular sefirah which is the spiritual channel through which G-d creates that ethnicity. Thus, as an outcome of the sin of the Tower of Babel, G-d divided mankind into 70 original nations, each one reflecting the predominance of one of the 10 sefirot within one of the 7 emotional attributes (7 x 10 = 70).