כִּי־מ֣וֹת נָמ֔וּת וְכַמַּ֙יִם֙ הַנִּגָּרִ֣ים אַ֔רְצָה אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑פוּ וְלֹֽא־יִשָּׂ֤א אֱלֹהִים֙ נֶ֔פֶשׁ וְחָשַׁב֙ מַֽחֲשָׁב֔וֹת לְבִלְתִּ֛י יִדַּ֥ח מִמֶּ֖נּוּ נִדָּֽח׃
Sapagkat tiyak na mamamatay tayong lahat, at tulad tayo ng tubig na natapon sa lupa na hindi na matitipon pang muli; at hindi inililigtas ng Diyos ang buhay mula sa kamatayan; kaya mag-isip nawa siya ng paraan upang ang itinaboy ay hindi manatiling itinaboy mula sa kanya.
Akeidat Yitzchak
Moreover, the description of the creation of man being "in the image of G-d" clearly supports our view that man is the crowning glory of G-d’s handiwork, is of central significance. The statement in Kohelet 3,21 that the "spirit of man returns to the celestial regions" clearly shows that man is composed at least partially of something at least as close to G-d as the earliest disembodied intelligence He had created.