Question

According to the Rabbi’s understanding: a. When does the soul enter the body? b. Is it necessary that every soul is different, or do everyone have the same soul (which, when shaped by this kind of upbringing and that kind of environment, leads to such-and-such outcomes—of course not always, but statistically)? And according to that, is it possible that part of someone’s personality comes from his soul? c. For those who believe in the survival of the soul—who is it that remains? After all, without the upbringing and environment I grew up in, it doesn’t seem to me that I would identify with what remains. d. The same question can also be asked about the doctrine of reincarnation: in what sense is my reincarnation “me”? But according to the Rabbi’s view, it seems to me there is no room at all for reincarnation, which is built on the assumption that each person has a specific purpose and that all our experiences are directed by God—something the Rabbi does not believe in.)