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Mesilas Yeshorim 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: The Bilvavi On Mesilas Yesharim

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P. 267. Avraham Avinu's request for old age. What exactly was he asking for? During old age the body weakens and gives the soul more room to expand and grow. Tales from high-school and a reunion. Working on purifying the body early in life to free the neshamah (soul). When the body begins to give out. Why would Hashem place such an exalted soul in a physcial body? A story from the recent California trip; what is a Jew's strength? Maybe a person should throw himself into all the pleasures of this world? The answer is that the neshamah is not capable of receiving nachas ru'ach (enjoyment) from the physcial pleasures of this world. What do I want for my child?