Break on Through to the Other Side: Jewish Views of the Afterlife

Rabbi Simcha Raphael Break on Through to the Other Side: Jewish Views of the Afterlife –

Tuesday, January 5, 2021 – 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm – Session 1 of 3 – “What is Past is Prologue? Biblical Views of the Afterlife” Topics covered: Machpelah As the Realm of the Ancestors Samuel Saul and the Witch of Endor Resurrection

Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 7:30 pm to 8:30 Session 2 of 3 – “What is Tomorrow is Now? Rabbinic Views of the Afterlife” Topics Covered: Olam Haba (The World to Come) Olam HaNeshamot (The World of Souls) The Angel of Death in Rabbinic Literature

Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 7:30 pm to 8:30 – Session 3 of 3 – “What is the Journey and What is the Destination? The Afterlife in Jewish Mysticism and Jewish Practice” Topics Covered: Stages of the Afterlife Journey in Zohar Hasidism Connection between Afterlife Teaching Jewish Death Rituals

A member of the faculty of multiple universities, psychotherapist, and author of the definitive volume on Judaism and the afterlife, Rabbi Raphael will offer a poignant yet humorous series of three sessions on the Biblical, Rabbinic, and Jewish mystical perspectives of the afterlife that will uncover some of the meanings behind Jewish laws and customs surrounding death