The word for breath in Hebrew is "neshimah", closely related to the word signifying the soul, "neshamah." Thus the breath can become a vehicle for a person to reveal the root of his soul
As one breathes he should cleave to the Supernal Breath that clings to him too and enters him constantly. On the verse "Every soul utters G-d's praises" (Psalms 150), our Sages comment: "With every breath that a person breathes."
As you exhale and the breath goes out, it returns to its source Above, and then another breath is breathed into you from Above. If a person contemplates the fact that he or she is not breathing at all; rather the Holy One blessed be He is breathing in and out of him or her, it will surely be easy for one to attach the part of G-d within them to its root...
(Baal Shem Tov al HaTorah, Noach, Amud HaTefilah 27).
As one breathes he should cleave to the Supernal Breath that clings to him too and enters him constantly. On the verse "Every soul utters G-d's praises" (Psalms 150), our Sages comment: "With every breath that a person breathes."
As you exhale and the breath goes out, it returns to its source Above, and then another breath is breathed into you from Above. If a person contemplates the fact that he or she is not breathing at all; rather the Holy One blessed be He is breathing in and out of him or her, it will surely be easy for one to attach the part of G-d within them to its root...
(Baal Shem Tov al HaTorah, Noach, Amud HaTefilah 27).
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