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According to both views, every person has physical and spiritual aspects, just as the actual creation of the human being was both physical and spiritual.36This seems to refer to the Genesis narrative of the creation of human beings, in which God forms the first human from the dust of the earth (representing the physical body) and then infuses the spirit of life (nishmat ḥayim) into him (see Gen. 2:7). In the Torah, the human being is seen as a body/soul unity. The physical aspect is visible to carnal eyes, and the spiritual is discerned through the actions and involvements of the body.37The movements of the limbs and the cognitive activities of the mind both suggest an inner force or self which is operating in the body. The strategies and ploys by which a person keeps the soul in the body are only done with the body – sustaining it by eating good foods and with strong protections against all damage or harm. He thus keeps his soul in his body. There is no natural way (although by spiritual standards, in truth, keeping the soul in the body hinges only on the soul, on its service to its Creator, blessed be His name) to perform any operation on the soul to keep it in the body, for no one can see or sense it on its own, so what can he do with it?