Chasidut para sa Jeremias 10:16

The second soul in Israel is truly "a part of God above," as it is written: "and he blew into his nostrils a soul of life"(Genesis 2:7); "And You blew it into me." (Siddur, Morning Prayer). It is written in the Zohar "he Who blows, blows from within him," that is to say, from his inwardness and from his innermost being. For it is of his inward and innermost vitality that a man emits through blowing with force.

Israel’s portion and belief is summed up in the verse (Yermiyahu, 10:16), “The portion of Yaakov is not like them, for He forms all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of Hosts is His name.” Israel believes in God, even though He appears to run the world in numerous contradictory ways. For example, sometimes God shows His supernal governance, where He awakens the initial benevolence of the creation of the world, which occurred without any initiatory gesture on the part of the creation, as it is written (Tehillim, 25:6), “Remember Your mercies and loving kindness, O God, for they have been as of old (from the very creation of the world).”⁵¹¹Meaning to say, the world currently functions in terms of cause and effect. Human beings act – for good or for bad – and G-d responds in kind, bestowing blessing or curses. However, the creation of the world occurred before there were any beings below to awaken the flow of blessing from above. Thus, it was an act of pure, Divine kindness. There are times, even now, when G-d relates to creation in this way, bestowing blessing and goodness gratuitously, and not in accordance with the deeds of His creatures. Indeed, in the beginning there was nothing yet created that could wake up and inspire God’s response, so He created the world out of His pure will.