QUESTION:
Are all the souls in this generation from Dor Haflagah (the Generation of the Dispersal), and Dor HaMabul (the Generation of the Flood), and from the generation of Sodom, or rather that the influences of the world today are coming from those souls?
ANSWER:
: Very good question. There are always exceptional souls in every generation, even when the generation around them is evil. The Arizal said that Moshe was named so because he was drawn from the water (“ki min hamayim mi-shi-si-hu” – “for from the water he was drawn”), because even Moshe’s soul is from Dor HaMabul (the Generation of the Flood) in which there was a decree that involved water, and he was saved from water because he was the one exceptional soul of Dor HaMabul who merited not to be a part of the decree of the flood. Moshe’s soul was contained in Noach who lived in the generation of the Flood.
Sodom was not a generation of Sodomy, but it was rather an evil city, but Lot was saved from it, because he was the exceptional soul in Sodom that deserved to be saved. Our souls are from those generations and we are sent here to this world to rectify their sin. Therefore, our souls are the holy parts of those previous souls. Just as in those generations there were very few souls that were holy while most of the generation was evil, so is our generation mostly evil, with a few souls that are holy and pure.
Most of the souls in this generation are totally from the “Erev Rav” (the Mixed Multitude), according to the writings of our Rabbis. Erev Rav is rooted in the three elements of fire, water, and wind. Sodom was the roots of the Erev Rav souls rooted in fire, Dor HaMabul was the root of Erev Rav souls rooted in water, and Dor Haflagah was wind-rooted souls of Erev Rav. Therefore, in our souls there is evil in our elements of fire, water, and wind. If a person merits to make himself holy, he merits to use his fire, water and wind for holiness.
Sodom was not a generation of Sodomy, but it was rather an evil city, but Lot was saved from it, because he was the exceptional soul in Sodom that deserved to be saved. Our souls are from those generations and we are sent here to this world to rectify their sin. Therefore, our souls are the holy parts of those previous souls. Just as in those generations there were very few souls that were holy while most of the generation was evil, so is our generation mostly evil, with a few souls that are holy and pure.
Most of the souls in this generation are totally from the “Erev Rav” (the Mixed Multitude), according to the writings of our Rabbis. Erev Rav is rooted in the three elements of fire, water, and wind. Sodom was the roots of the Erev Rav souls rooted in fire, Dor HaMabul was the root of Erev Rav souls rooted in water, and Dor Haflagah was wind-rooted souls of Erev Rav. Therefore, in our souls there is evil in our elements of fire, water, and wind. If a person merits to make himself holy, he merits to use his fire, water and wind for holiness.
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