A Broken or Pierced Heart, and a Contrite Spirit
While the broken heart is the compassion we feel when we feel connected to all living things, the contrite spirit is the wisdom that flows from that feeling state.
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Zohar 68a-69a: Why the Animal was Destroyed by the Deluge
1 Rabbi Jose, whilst on a visit to Rabbi Simeon, asked this question: “What impelled the Holy One to destroy, along with sinners, the beasts of the field and the fowl of the air? Were they alike responsible for the vast wickedness of the antediluvians (those that lived before the time of Noah and the flood)?” 2 ¶ Said Rabbi Simeon: “It was because, as we read, ‘And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh…