Life & Death


		Why Celebrate My Birthday? By Aron Moss My parents say that I was an "accident." Is there any meaning in celebrating the day that I wasn't really supposed to have been born on? 14 Comments



		What is a Soul? By Yanki Tauber A soul is Divine energy, a little piece of G-d within you. Your inner identity, your raison d'être 15 Comments



		How Do I Know that I have a Soul? By Tzvi Freeman Do you have a body? Did you say yes? So now tell me: Who is this "me" that has this body? 5 Comments



		Dealing with Difficulty By Tzvi Freeman The sages of the Mishnah taught us that "according to the camel is the load." 17 Comments



		Coping with Pain By Tzvi Freeman I live with constant pain. How do I cope? 11 Comments



		Why Does G-d Create Severely Handicapped Babies? By Aron Moss If life has a purpose, what is the purpose of such a short and sad life? 38 Comments



		What is a Shalom Zachar? By Aron Moss What consolation can we offer the soul? What can we answer to its cry: Why did I have to come down here?! 22 Comments



		Do Jews Believe in an Afterlife? By Tzvi Freeman The Torah assumes this, the Talmud discusses the experiences of several people who made the trip there and back, and classic Jewish works describe the process. You want a real good spacesuit to make this trip 11 Comments



		What Happens After We Die? By Shlomo Yaffe and Yanki Tauber Where do we go? What is heaven and hell? Do we ever get sent back for a second life? Is there any way to make contact with a departed loved one? 29 Comments



		Am I Going to Burn in Hell? By Tzvi Freeman I've committed a number of sins over the years; am I going to burn in Hell? 24 Comments



		Why Is There Little Mention of Life After Death in the Bible? By Aron Moss Does Judaism believe in an afterlife? From what I've read of the Torah it seems that there is no mention of life after death 5 Comments



		Memory and Loss By Tzvi Freeman "Remembrence" as a way to deal with the most painful of losses 1 Comment



		What is the Jewish View on Cremation? By Tzvi Freeman Six million of our people were denied proper burial, most of them cremated. Should we willfully continue that which our enemies began? 15 Comments



		Why Do Mourners Recite Kaddish? By Yeruchem Eilfort Many find it intriguing that the Kaddish makes no mention of the deceased. Kaddish speaks of G-d's greatness. What does this have to do with the one for whom I am saying Kaddish? 6 Comments



		Who Are "The Mourners of Zion and Jerusalem"? By Aron Moss How is comparing the loss of a loved one to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans two thousand years ago supposed to make me feel any better?



		When a Loved One Dies, is that the End of the Relationship? By Aron Moss I am almost embarrassed to say it, but I went to my grandmother's grave and begged her to come to my wedding. Did she hear me? 18 Comments



		What's the Story with Reincarnation? By Aron Moss What's the story with reincarnation? Who is reincarnated, and why? 13 Comments



		Haunted by Souls of the Past By Aron Moss I am a grandchild of Holocaust survivors but I feel haunted as if I went through it myself. I regularly see images of Auschwitz in dreams and flashes. I am sometimes even scared to tell people I am Jewish. Am I crazy? 15 Comments

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