05-08-2017, 02:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2026, 10:17 PM by Director Michael.)
What you wrote is not the correct understanding. The souls of animals are not angels. Rather, souls of animals are emanated from the class of angels that I described.
Here is an analogy: The light that shines out from a light bulb is not the source of the light. Rather, it is emanated from the source of the light.
According to the prevailing opinion, when an animal dies, its soul is absorbed back into the spiritual source where it came from, at which point it no longer exists.
There is, however, another opinion that after an animal dies, its soul has a continuing existence in the spiritual realm. This was the opinion of the fourth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel, known as the Rebbe MaHaRash. His letter on this subject has been published in English, and you can find it here on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Case-Animals-Soul...B0F3NYXYRJ
Here is an analogy: The light that shines out from a light bulb is not the source of the light. Rather, it is emanated from the source of the light.
According to the prevailing opinion, when an animal dies, its soul is absorbed back into the spiritual source where it came from, at which point it no longer exists.
There is, however, another opinion that after an animal dies, its soul has a continuing existence in the spiritual realm. This was the opinion of the fourth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel, known as the Rebbe MaHaRash. His letter on this subject has been published in English, and you can find it here on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Case-Animals-Soul...B0F3NYXYRJ