Reply To: Cheilek Eloak Mima’al

Duvidf- “One thing is absolutely clear and unanimously stated by all the sources here; as much as it is a creation, the Neshama is a unique creation sourced much higher than all other creations, this is the point of the Baal Hatanya and the Nefesh Hachaim here.”
I agree 100%. If we agree that the neshama is a creation, then any other differences are not important.
The issue here is not understanding the essence of Hashem or what חלק א-לוק ממעל actually means. More important than knowing exactly what it does mean, which is out of reach for the vast majority of us, is knowing what it most definitely does not mean. Hashem is the One and Only Creator and anyone and anything else is His creation. That is alef-beis and without that, your Yiddishkeit is built on quicksand.
The actions and behavior of people are extremely important, but their beliefs are too. Do followers of Shabtai Tzvi or early Jewish Christians count as frum Yidden in good standing just because they kept mitzvos? This issue and others like it are important – first of all so we know how to deal with people whose beliefs are heretical, but more importantly, so we know what we should believe and what we should teach our children and talmidim. Surely you agree that even if there are more important things to do than to question whether Torah-observant Jews aren’t unwitting heretics, we have to make sure to teach our children the correct beliefs.