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Afterlife & Reincarnation - Part 1

By Lazer Gurkow

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Gurkow, Lazer
Rabbi Gurkow is spiritual leader of congregation Beth Tefilah in London, Ontario. He has lectured extensively on a variety of Jewish topics, and his articles have appeared in many print and online publications. For more on Rabbi Gurkow and his wrtings and talks, please click here.

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Posted: May 15, 2008

Reincarnation in Torah

Reincarnation does not appear in the Torah itself. The Torah is generally moot on matters of mysticism. These teachings were deliberately not doccumented for all to see; they were taught in private to select students due to the sensitive nature of the material.

This is why there are many subjects discussed in the works of Kabbalah that are not even alluded to in the text of the Torah porper. These subjects were taught orally and in secret, they were not doccumented till much much later.

It was only in the second century that the secrets of Jewish mysticism were first committed to paper. Over the years many more books were written on the subject by experts in the field; the great mystics of all time. The advent of Chassidism in the eighteenth century greatly enhanced the study of Jewish mysticism.

In any event, if you would like to learn more about reincarnation and Torah personalities, listen to the third lecture in the series of Afterlife and Reincarnation.

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Posted: May 15, 2008

reincarnation

Dear Rabbi
I would liek to know if there is any place in the torah that speaks about the reincarnation, or this is just some interpretation by our Rabbis.
sincerely

Posted By Anonymous, wash, DC

Posted: Apr 21, 2006

my opinion is that the soul is like the driver of the car. when the engine is broken the car doesnt work so the driver can''t drive, same with body and soul?

Posted By Anonymous

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