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The Short Answer: Talmudic and post Talmudic writings clearly mention the afterlife. The Torah makes no mention of it. (Why? And does the fact that...
Reincarnation is part of an "afterlife", and the Bible does not speak clearly of an afterlife. See Why isn't the afterlife mentioned...
Judaism believes in a soul which is distinct from the body. When the soul leaves the body it continues to experience life, albeit not life as we know it,...
Yizkor is only recited by someone whose parent(s) passed way. It is said for a parent and other close relatives such as a spouse, sibling,...
Yizkor can be an extremely powerful experience in which generations and souls remain connected. This transcendent and sacred power is best...
Question: When a family member dies, can I contact him/her through the grave? If so, by what means? Answer: It is indeed painful when a family...
Question: How prevalent is the Jewish belief in reincarnation today? How does it differ from the Asian belief? What do the Rabbis think...
On Yom Kippur, as on Sukkot, Passover and Shavouth, Jews assemble for Yizkor services to shed a tear and say a prayer for departed family and...
A body relates only to that part of the soul which was rectified when the body was alive, and the parts of the soul which have been rectified during its...
In the World to Come (the World of the Resurrection) there will be neither eating nor drinking, neither reproduction nor commerce, neither envy nor hatred...
