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The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul;..
Man, just like all other living things, is subject to higher laws that are independent of the development of his body and mind. He knows, however that, unlike other forms of life, he has the power to determine for himself what use he will make of his physical and mental faculties. If he is to make proper use of his power of self-determination in accordance with the will of his Creator, he is in need of specific guidance. The will of the Lord is fulfilled automatically by all other things in Creation, from the golden orb of the sun down to the smallest of plants nourished by its rays, from the lowliest creature up to the greatest beasts — all except man. For all of them — save man – His will is the Law which they all are compelled to follow unswervingly, they can not deviate from their paths. Each creature except man moves in the direction in which the will of the Lord has turned it. There is no conflict between good and evil in its development. The satisfaction of any of its desires is good in the eyes of its Maker, because it was He Who instilled this desire into it so that it may be fulfilled.
Man is not so.
He has been ennobled by the will of God, for He has implanted in man a spark of His own free personal Being. He has suspended the force of His own power in order to let man enjoy the free use of his faculties and abilities. It is God's wish that man should be able to recognize the law and will of his Maker, but man should also have the ability to act contrary to it. For man there does exist a conflict between good and evil. For him that which is good cannot always be what is sweet to his senses, nor will evil always taste bitter to him. If hе were not confronted with such free choice, then he would stand under the iron rule of his sensual nature, as do all other creatures. He would then no longer be the free servant of his Creator or the voluntary executor of His Law. Accordingly, we have, in the very beginning of the history of mankind as described in the Book of Books, the basic teaching concerning the recognition of good and evil. Indeed, Heaven and Earth demonstrate the existence of God to man in incontrovertible clarity and no specific revelation of a Word of God would be necessary for man to recognize the manner in which the ways of God are revealed in nature. Yet, were it not for the “Word” revealed to him by God, man would be left quite helpless and perplexed with respect to his own role in this scheme of things. Without this Law, he would not know what his own relationship is to heaven and to earth and to the Creator Who made him as well as the rest of the universe. It is only the Law which can tell him how, as a human being in the midst of a world consecrated to the service of God, he must serve Him, his Lord and Maker, with his own life. The rest of creation, individually and collectively, lacks the ability to act in a manner contrary to the will of the Lord. Therefore, resolution, unwavering clarity, joy of living, the undeceived recognition of things as they are, an unfettered fulfillment of individual destiny, and collective harmony, automatically reign supreme with all creatures except man. Man must have the Word of God which explains to him the unity underlying his dual nature and which reveals to him the Law that is to define his purpose in life. But for this Law which shows him the way, man would succumb to disconsolate doubt, constant vacillation, and empty, joyless existence, frustrated hopes, and lost individuality. Without the Law, society would be in a perpetual state of war. The word of the Lord {Toras Hi temiymo}, however, gives man a Divine teaching which encompasses every aspect of his existence. This doctrine implants in his heart and spirit the seeds of the knowledge of what is good and true and the ability to perceive such qualities for the physical, mental, earthly and heavenly facets of his life.
This Law of God, Who “leads mankind to its goal" tells him in an all-encompassing manner, the significance of his entire physical and spiritual being, with its physical dependence and moral freedom of will in the kingdom of God, for the Divine kingdom of the Law which shapes and rules the world.
Therefore the Torah is {meshiyvas nofesh}, it leads him out of all doubt that torments his soul. When the soul seeks enlightenment or satisfaction it strives toward the outside, to that place where it may hope to find what it lacks. The answer thus received then leads the soul back into itself and suspends its outward movement. With its answers , the {Toras Hi} can bring comfort to the soul which is troubled by doubts.