The third inquiry is: The kabbalists say that the soul of man is a part of God above, such that there is no distinction between God and the soul. God is the “whole” and the soul is “part.” This is comparable to a stone hewn from a mountain, in that the only difference between the stone and the mountain is that the stone is a “part” of the “whole” mountain. We imagine a stone quarried from a mountain by an axe built for that purpose, such that the “part” is separated from the “whole.” But how is that possible in the case of God? How can a “part” be separated from Him? How can we think of the soul only as a part of God’s essence?