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What Judaism Says About Reincarnation
The notion that souls can be reborn after death figures prominently in Jewish mysticism.
Is There a Jewish Afterlife?
Judaism is famously ambiguous about what happens when we die.
Abraham Abulafia & Ecstatic Kabbalah
One strand of medieval kabbalah focused on achieving a transformative mystical experience.
Peace: Jewish Traditional Sources
The concept of peace is deeply ingrained in the Jewish legal and ethical system.
The D’var Torah as Religious Struggle
The struggle to find personal meaning in words of Torah and to share that message with the community is the essence of Jewish spiritual maturation.
History of Bat Mitzvah
The bat mitzvah ceremony is of relatively recent vintage, with the first American observance in 1922.