Birthdays of Souls

Birthday of Souls

The Alter Rebbe explains that the soul of Adam HaRishon is renewed on each anniversary of his creation, and with it, the souls of all mankind. But as explained earlier, there were two stages to the creation of man: the first took place on the 1st of Nissan in the realm of Divine Thought, and the second occurred in actuality on the 1st of Tishrei. Thought is an inner, spiritual faculty, while action is an external, physical manifestation. So although all of existence—including souls—actually went through both of these stages of Creation, it is specifically the 1st of Nissan (Creation in Thought) that bears an intrinsic connection with the birth of souls—man's spiritual and inner essence.