In times of tragedy, when young, righteous souls are taken too soon, we are often left grappling with profound grief and the search for meaning. This is especially true for the recent loss of brave ...

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Several essays explore the intersection of reincarnation with halachic (Jewish legal) discourse. One striking example is the link between gilgul and the commandment of procreation: Some sources frame ...

Reincarnation is a belief that the soul is reborn in a new body and identity after death. Some religions believe in it and it is in Kabbalah, and some claim Anne Frank was reincarnated. Reincarnation ...

Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, whose short story “Gilgul” appears in the magazine this week, was not a fiction writer. Indeed “Gilgul” is the only story he wrote, and although Yerushalmi’s widow Ophra told ...