QUESTION:
1) What’s the difference between the closeness to Hashem that a Jew can reach versus the closeness to Hashem that a goy can reach?
ANSWER:
This is a lengthy topic and there are many other responses we gave on the topic (printed in sefer Shaal Libi). In general, the difference is that the Jewish people can reach Hashem both through Yeish and Ayin together, while the goyim can only have an experience of being close to Hashem through either Yeish alone or through Ayin alone, but without the integration. This means that a Jew is able to come to the level where he feels Hashem in every last detail, and he can also come to a revelation of the simplicity of Hashem’s Presence, with yichuda ilaah and yichuda tataah together – becoming aware of Hashem as He is unified in the upper world, as well as becoming aware of how Hashem is unified even with this lower world.
QUESTION
2) In the future when everyone will completely recognize Hashem with complete d’veykus, will there still be a difference between a Jew’s recognition of Hashem versus a goy’s recognition of Hashem?
ANSWER
Yes.
QUESTION
3) The Leshem says that in the future, everyone will go back to the way it was before the sin, when both Jewish and gentile souls were all contained in Adam HaRishon’s soul and there was no differentiation yet. It seems that in the future there will not be a difference between Jew and gentile and that we will all be on the same level.
ANSWER
While it’s true that every soul of Jew and gentile was contained within Adam’s soul, there were still levels of superiority within his soul. There was the head part of his soul, the heart part of his soul, and the heels of his soul, etc. [Thus the Jewish souls were contained in the higher parts of his soul, and the gentile souls were contained in the lowest part of his soul, so even at that point of integration the Jewish souls were still superior to the goyim].
QUESTION
2) In the future when everyone will completely recognize Hashem with complete d’veykus, will there still be a difference between a Jew’s recognition of Hashem versus a goy’s recognition of Hashem?
ANSWER
Yes.
QUESTION
3) The Leshem says that in the future, everyone will go back to the way it was before the sin, when both Jewish and gentile souls were all contained in Adam HaRishon’s soul and there was no differentiation yet. It seems that in the future there will not be a difference between Jew and gentile and that we will all be on the same level.
ANSWER
While it’s true that every soul of Jew and gentile was contained within Adam’s soul, there were still levels of superiority within his soul. There was the head part of his soul, the heart part of his soul, and the heels of his soul, etc. [Thus the Jewish souls were contained in the higher parts of his soul, and the gentile souls were contained in the lowest part of his soul, so even at that point of integration the Jewish souls were still superior to the goyim].
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