Double Reincarnation
Gate of Reincarnations: Chapter Four, Section 4
Translation by Yitzchok bar Chaim;
explanation by Shabtai Teicher
All three NR"N can be achieved in a second gilgul
if the ruach and neshama were not present in the first gilgul
and were not consequently blemished. Concerning this, the Rabbi states in the
Chapter Four, Section 3 that he wants to make two distinctions, explaining the first one, a case
where most of the Nefesh is not rectified in the first gilgul.
This section, however, a second case, concerns a Nefesh which is mostly
rectified during the first gilgul.
The first body merits to rectify the entire Nefesh,
but later blemishes it.
There is very little tikun left to perform. The Nefesh
really belongs to the first body. This is the opposite of the previous case
where only a small part of the Nefesh was rectified in the first gilgul.
In that case the Nefesh really belongs to the body of the second gilgul.
But here only a little tikun is left to do, and the Nefesh really
belongs to the first body.
When this Nefesh reincarnates with the Ruach and Neshama
into the second body, they do so with the spark of another Nefesh in
order to help them perform mitzvot.
As we will see, this additional spark is the main Nefesh of
the second body and it will help the first Nefesh complete its tikun
while in the second body.
This is called a " Gilgul Kaful" (Double Gilgul).  | | " Rejoice my Nefesh! Rejoice my Nefesh!..." | | |
It is called Double Gilgul because there are two nefashot
(plural of Nefesh) in one gilgul at one time.
Remember this well.
However, at the time of resurrection the NR"N will
return to the first body. The second body will only merit the spark of the
additional Nefesh that came, since it was the main [vehicle] for it. The
original Nefesh was completely rectified in the first body (and belongs
to it). Thus he [the Nefesh of the second body] will have worked for
another, as is alluded to by Rav Sheshet who said, "Rejoice my Nefesh!
Rejoice my Nefesh! For you have I read ... for you have I learned ..."
(Pesachim 68b).
This will be explained in more detail later in this chapter.
In short, he has read and learned Torah for the sake of a Nefesh that
was not his own. To link to the previous article in this reincarnation series,
Reincarnation and Resurrection, click here
To link to the next article in this reincarnation series,
The Soul of a Convert, click here
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