Chayyah Temimah

All human beings are made in the image of G-d. All human beings have an eternal soul. Chavah, the mother of all mortal human beings including both Jews and Gentiles, was originally named Chayah. The name Chayah means living soul and represents eternal life. As the souls of all mortal human beings are derived from Chayah, the mother of eternal life, all human beings have an immortal soul. Human beings are imbued with this eternal soul through our common mother, Chayah.

Adam is the source of the distorted thinking that some people have "better" souls than other people. He gave Chayyah the name Chavah, the mother of all mortal life. This was Adam's mistake, not Chayyah's reality. Adam erroneously believed that since G-d had given him the right to name all the animals, he also had the right to name Chayyah (because his soul was superior to hers). He didn't have that right. No person has the right to impose his or her will upon another person. The attempted imposition of his will upon Chayyah is represented by the vav (ו) in the name he called her. Her true name is Chayyah, with two letters yod (יי), representing the indwelling Presence of Hashem. Originally her name may have been Chayah, but as kabbalah teaches, the the soul was projected down through the worlds into this lowest world to unfold and become greater than it was originally by completely actualizing its full initial potential - Chayah's name is Chayyah.

It is Chayyah's right and responsibility to name herself. It is not Adam's right nor his responsibility to name her.

Importantly, we are all children of Chayah. We all have eternal souls.

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