Reincarnation in Judaism, Part 2

As we continue exploring the Jewish conception of the afterlife, we uncover where exactly is “Gehinnom” and what is “Abadon”? We address the great theodicy question: why do good and innocent people suffer? Can a person experience “Hell on Earth”? And what does reincarnation have to do with it? Plus: which iteration of a person will resurrect at the End of Days? And why is it that people do not remember their past lives?
For Part 1 of this series, see here: • Reincarnation in Judaism
See also ‘Perspectives on Hell’: www.mayimachro...
And ‘Understanding Resurrection of the Dead’: www.mayimachro...

[@vjagpal]

As a follower of Sikh faith I find this very interesting. Love to hear the ideologies that connect people from different paths.

[@raf_abreu]

Wow! 30 min in this series keeps getting better and better! Thank you Efraim for bringing us this deep teachings in a easy to understand way, thank you for all you do! Baruch HaShem!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure!

[@MrAlepedroza]

​​​​@@EfraimPalvanov Rabbi, it would be interesting if you adressed the following subjects on the next part of the series: 1-Can a person reincarnate as a different sex? That is, a man reincarnating as a woman and vice versa? I read somewhere it could happen as the "three strikes" for sinful soul, or is it just natural that a soul may split into sparks for bodies of different gender? Or is it also normal for good souls to come here and be tested foe improvememt as a different gender? 2-Somewhere I also read that only men reincarnate. Does it mean every woman is a new soul? Or that every woman is the missing part of her soul mate's spark? 3-Adam and Eve: no human existed before them. Does it mean, Cain, Abel, Seth and all their children were, along with the original couple, the original brand new souls of whom we all descend? Or were they, somehow, sharing the soul spark of their parents and some form of split incarnation of them? Or, if we accept evolution, maybe they were reincarnations of the previous homo sapiens who lived before Adam and Eve? Excelent lesson again. Its become part of my morning routine to listen to your classes. You helped me go through some really tough times and have hope for the future. I've even decided to study Hebrew because of the words you already taught me. Wish you the best!

[@cybermidas3973]

@@EfraimPalvanov Greeting Rabbi, I've got a few questions you may have already planned go addess in your next vid, but just in case I would still like to write them down 😁: 1-Were all of Adam and Eve's children the original souls all of us reincarnated from as their sparks split? Would that also apply to Noah's grandchildren? Would the splitting of their sparks explain how billions of souls originated from only a few? 2-Did any of the souls of the ante-diluvians reincarnate to get another chance? Did those descending from the Nephilim get another chance despite their angelic ancestry? 3-Somewhere I read women do not need to reincarnate and instead are purified in Gehinom right away after death. Does that mean all women are original souls? Somewhere else I read that all souls are originally mixed in gender and that women are the female half that gets reunited to the male in this life after marriage. 4-Can men reincarnate as women and vice versa? Somewhere I read that some men reincarnate into sterile women after certain sins, or is it just natural that such swittch occur even to righteous people as a test? I believe it was Rabbi Yechiel who said that Isaac's soul was originally female but received a male body so Abraham could have a male heir, something around those lines. Would reincarnation explain the existence of intergender people or those with ambiguous bodies? 5-Can children share the spark souls of their parents? Can somebody be the reincarnation of their sires? Listening to your lessons has become my morning ritual. Listening to you and your audience has broadened my knowledge like very few things before and helped me go through hard times recently. I'm now even seriously considering studying Hebrew, haha. Best wishes to all of you, Rav🤝

[@rivkagold6905]

I am so happy I came upon your KZbin page . I feel like we 43 years old I’m back in seminary and learning so much ! Ty so much I am binge watching ur entire channel

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Very glad to hear, thank you!

[@GilaDMD]

Yay!! Just in time! I have my Friday cooking companion! Reb Efi, you have such a gift for taking the most complex topics and making them CRYSTAL CLEAR! Your נוצר חסד לאלפים changed my life!!❤❤ THANK YOU!!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Glad to hear, thank you for the kind words.

[@commonsenselucy5697]

@@EfraimPalvanov Yes, you are a "wonderful teacher." You make Torah learning very "exciting" because it IS EXCITING. We apppreciate you!!!

[@MrAlepedroza]

​​@@EfraimPalvanovGreeting Rabbi, I've got a few questions you may have already planned to adress in your next vid: but just in case I would still like to write them down just in case 😁: 1-Were all of Adam and Eve's children the original souls all of us reincarnated from as their sparks split? Would that also apply to Noah's grandchildren? Would the splitting of their sparks explain how billions of souls originated from only a few? 2-Did any of the souls of the ante-diluvians reincarnate to get another chance? Did those descending from the Nephilim get another chance despite their angelic ancestry? 3-Somewhere I read women do not need to reincarnate and instead are purified in Gehinom right away after death. Does that mean all women are original souls? Somewhere else I read that all souls are originally mixed in gender and that women are the female half that gets reunited to the male in this life after marriage. 4-Can men reincarnate as women and vice versa? Somewhere I read that some men reincarnate into sterile women after certain sins, or is it just natural that such swittch occur even to righteous people as a test? I believe it was Rabbi Yechiel who said that Isaac's soul was originally female but received a male body so Abraham could have a male heir, something around those lines. Would reincarnation explain the existence of intergender people or those with ambiguous bodies? 5-Can children share the spark souls of their parents? Can somebody be the reincarnation of their sires? Listening to your lessons has become my morning ritual. Listening to you and your audience has broadened my knowledge like very few things before and helped me go through hard times recently. I'm now even seriously considering studying Hebrew, haha. Best wishes to all of you, Rav 🤝

[@irmafriedberg2089]

Wow! Every class is just more mind blowing than the last one, R’ Efi! And you present it so well and so clearly! Thank you so much for these shiurim, Rabbi!! Looking forward to the next one!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure, appreciate the feedback :)

[@shoshannafachima1306]

Fabulous lesson.i wait every week for your lessons. Wishing 6ou a wonderful Shabbat יישר כוח ותבורך מפי עליון

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you, Shabbat Shalom!

[@dontrobyourmama]

What up to my favorite Rabbi. Do you have any clue how painful it's been being born as a gentile with a Jewish soul? I'm 47 now and much of my entire body is covered in scars. The pain and suffering that I have endured and triumphed over thus far. I've been dead 10 times, once for every bit of 50 minutes. The Devine Creator always brought me back to life. Right now, I'm experiencing a new test and a new state of suffering. I honestly believe God wants to for the first time in my life, ask for help. I honestly feel like I'm swimming against the current of life, all by self. Right now I'm gaining my strength and I'm getting stronger everyday, little by little. I sincerely looking forward until the day that we may meet and have conversations. Sincearly, Matthew

[@donnaburden.dip.d.analysis2148]

This is now my favourite channel. Thank you for blessing us all with your great teachings. Shalom. Xx

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Glad to hear, thank you!

[@theone5668]

I was really happy to have stumbled on your channel. Great convincing lectures. I also appreciate the sephardic insights, being a member of the only sephardic synagogue west of Toronto here in Vancouver.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Glad to hear, thank you!

[@asafgozlan]

Raise your hand if it feels like "gehenom" wondering what happened in that walk in the park. The people demand to know, Chacham Efi, share!!!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Lol, I will one day, b'ezrat Hashem.

[@natto84]

Hah, came to the comments to see if someone said it first! 😂

[@adamcastro8497]

I am a Christian but love weeding though your teaching good stuff

[@gyulaborzasi343]

Means nothing that you are Christian, Judaism Hinduism Islamist or any other ismist sorry to wake you up 😅

[@mikkolappalainen_]

Same here

[@KenBreon]

What do you say to a man that changes lives. (2) Words: Thank you! If I said it 10,000 times it would be (1) less than…. Thank you. Thank you for your courage. Thank you making (the) difference. Shabbat Shalom, great man of God. Time to Rest.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you Ken, really appreciate the feedback!

[@vanessaramsey3629]

🤯 mind blowing. Thank you for this teaching which lays out reincarnation in the most logical sense I’ve ever heard.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure!

[@GarmentofEsau]

B"H Thank you. Absolute Truth of Torah.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure!

[@dkbrain3434]

Speak with respect to the teacher. He’s sharing a teaching for free. If you don’t like it, exit with grace.

[@Swordbite]

I grew up being taught Christianity, quite strictly I might add, I fell away when I was in highschool after vehemently defending the gospel for the first couple years, I did the same detective work I did against my atheist classmates and found myself skeptical of Christianity and therefore became an Agnostic. Still not sure if I believe the supernatural powers and stuff in general but I think Judaism is a lot closer to the truth than some others.

[@kingwaymaker10349]

its because the ideology of Christianity which went to the westward thru the history is farther to the Judaism concept than to the one went to the eastward. Both Judaism and Christianity are from the same God.

[@bethshebaashe777]

Thank you Rabbi Efraim. At a certain point in my life (after much meditation) I was allowed to meet and know of other ruachs of my neshamah that exist across space and time, so all you have said - it is true. One of the reasons why I am so antiwar these days, is because I know the consequence for killing in war is the same as Nebuchadnezzar - and not just for one life but for many. I believe this fate is compassionate as well as punishment. It was surprising to me to find this wisdom in Judaism, and I thank you for laying it out so clearly.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure, thanks for sharing.

[@rochellevon2376]

Thank you! I'm learning so much!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure!

[@meitalt3301]

I wait by my phone for your shiurim! שבת שלום

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Glad to hear :) Shabbat Shalom!

[@briannewman9285]

It seems like there is a very dangerous conclusion. If somebody is suffering, then they are doing it as part of a process of purification and, if we interfere with it by providing charity, then we are actually disrupting their purification process.

[@mariemerchel2508]

Right and if you desire to help someone but are not able to it's just God's will. Hard pill to swallow to think some humans might have more empathy than God?

[@eve4468]

I would like to understand that as well

[@mariabelaev6490]

Thanks for the informative lectures, Rav. I have a question, however: what about the words of the sages the greatest pleasure of this World is less then 1/60 of the lowest of the pleasures of the times to come?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure. I don't think it was quite phrased that way. The Talmud in Berakhot (57b) says the pleasure of Shabbat is a sixtieth of the World to Come, while the Mishnah in Pirkei Avot (4:17) states "more precious is one hour of repentance and good deeds in this world, than all the life of the World to Come; and more precious is one hour of tranquility in the World to Come, than all the life of this world."

[@mariabelaev6490]

@EfraimPalvanov Thank you for the explanation, Rabbi. However, to be honest. I hope you adddress it FURTHER. See, even when rephrased correctly, I still see it as stating that the World to Come has much more "pleasures" to offer, (even if the entire pleasure is narrowed down to "tranquility." You do not have to understand it in physical terms, could be angreat satisfaction from bonding with G-d through learning Torah... Still it is saying that that "tranquility" is quite intense. After all, if we think of it, defining "pleasure," is just challenging: I may love the taste of ice cream.... but, really, it is the endorphins in the brain that get secreted, that my "pleasure center" registers... And people can artificially gerlt a lot more endorphins without any ice cream .... just by using a drug, sadly. So, my questions still stands, I thinK. I hope you discuss it further. Thank you, and call haKavod. I am very glad I discovered your lectures!

[@anitamessica9324]

Love this❤ Shabbat shalom

[@sherylkruger3344]

Again amazing. Thank you Rabbi

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure!

[@mickeyi.a.6465]

if punishment is 12 months, how do u explain the Shoah which was longer than 12 months?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

It's important to remember that not all suffering is automatically "Gehinnom".

[@haris13729]

Interesting video, thank you Rav!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure!

[@latifa1310]

brilliant

[@Dagothdaleet]

I find this kind of stuff very interesting. How does someone attend a live session?

[@kellykonrad9273]

What if someone has a lifetime of Gehinnom? That has been my life. I'm 61 & most of my life has been intense suffering. I'm wondering if my soul was in a wicked person in a previous life & now I am paying for the sins of a past life???

[@MEF7]

I'd like to know too.

[@SabinUche]

Such a wise man! Thank you Rabi for explanation.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you!

[@euricawentzel9557]

So many questions is clear now👌👏🇮🇱

[@Zackadamchaussette5228]

Merci pour votre sagesse rabbi ..

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Avec plaisir!

[@benjohnson6128]

rabbit i have a question? if you need to come back up to 3 times and try to be a good person. how do you do that. since all memories are erased right? :( and if the family you come back into brings you down the wrong path. how is that free will. or does that mean heaven will choose the right family for you who will lead you to a path of righteousness?

[@rajivrajan3228]

Shalom Rabbi... just wondering what happened with Noah, Ham and Canaan? Could you please clarify regards reincarnation...toda Rabbah 👍

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Hope to speak a bit about this in Part 3, stay tuned.

[@rajivrajan3228]

@@EfraimPalvanov G d bless you sir toda Rabbah 👍 looking forward 👍

[@stevenxiaofenghuang]

Great lecture Rabbi Palvanov. So informative. I was wondering, the reason why the Torah in general don’t speak much about the stage when the soul left the body (what other religions refers to heaven or hell), is because according to Torah, there is not much to speak about that stage, it’s in general not very interesting, because the soul will receive its punishment (hell) and rewards (heaven) in a physical body anyway, that’s why the focus is on physical existence, the stage when the soul is in a body. Do I get it right? Another question, is there any suffering or enjoyment when the soul is out of the body? I understood that Maimonides thinks that all is spiritual punishment and reward. Another question, is that stage when the soul is out the body called Sheol?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thanks! Regarding Sheol, please see here: www.mayimachronim.com/perspectives-on-hell/ Maimonides seems to have held that the body cannot experience true pleasure/reward, and the real reward will be "spiritual" in the afterlife, devoid of body. I think the simple reason why the Torah avoids speaking openly about the afterlife is because God wants us to focus on the here and now. Also, one shouldn't serve God simply to earn a reward in the afterlife.

[@gem98765]

Thanks for this wonderful shiur. You touched on the concept of a soul incarnating into more than one body for techiat hametim. Are there any Jewish sources for the concept of twin flames, i.e. a soul splitting and incarnating into two bodies in this current world?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Very welcome :) Yes, will give examples of this in Part 3.

[@gem98765]

@@EfraimPalvanov Wow I’m very excited to hear since I have firsthand experience of this but have not been able to find Jewish sources to help me through this difficult journey.

[@jefferystocker8214]

Sublime.

[@montysouther-f9i]

This is the world of tesuvah where we are to rectify our shards of light from our past BROKEN VESSELS.

[@AriKath]

Thank you!

[@TheLifescasualty]

Maybe make a short about your spiritual experience?!✌🏽🙏🏾

[@dkbrain3434]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIrEXmqlh5lqa7Msi=l7BVr2wEs_Jl5nr4

[@dkbrain3434]

Great idea. Efi’s students wish to further connect with him as a person.

[@OBADIAHRAVI]

Shalom Rabbi. My name is Ovadiah, from India. I am following your classes on youtube. Thank you very much for your profound teachings. How could I contact you. Kindly give your contact.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Very welcome. Contact info on my website.

[@Romeo81lima]

Can you teach about Rosh Chodesh?

[@caryalvarado8437]

So what situation occurs when young children remember who they were in another life?? Professor Ian Stevenson studied this his whole life. Why do some souls remember something of their past life, but others don't. Is that even significant?

[@avivarizel7106]

No pressure.....but I am waiting for part 3!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Posting now!

[@avivarizel7106]

🎉

[@lynetterowberry2]

Shalom Rabbi ... 🌹 I really love and appreciate the knowledge you share. Thank you. It helps to crystallize many of the beliefs I hold dear, that I had no idea is actually Jewish Consciousness. A profound realisation.🙏🌍🕊🌅 Blessings, love and light.🙏

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you, glad to hear and appreciate the feedback :)

[@Jasn_Chvz]

Excelente, gracias.

[@BonfruitsEl]

As you give the example of the candle, do you believe that the air is the spirit that keep the candle keep on burning.

[@tommyboy4051]

7:22 - 12:45 - 16:14 - 20:43

[@angamaitesangahyando685]

28:00 So what you're saying is that the moustache man was rewarded for conducting the shoah by having his soul extinguished, thus the freeing him from the cycle of reincarnations? Is there no other way to have my soul extinguished? I don't have the resources for another shoah :( - Adûnâi

[@muchimi]

I was always taught as far as the sins of the fathers into the third and fourth generations of them. That hate him, means that the character traits, the midote, get passed down all the way to the 3rd and 4th generation until there's a break in that type of behavior.

[@robertlucas3749]

Any suggestions for an American to learn Hebrew?

[@i8dpie]

Rabbi, can you explain how any of this shiur can apply to women if the ARI says that women don't reincarnate unless it's to help a man rectify himself? Also, imo it's not fair to view people as deserving their suffering, very often they suffer for the benefit of others in truth there is no way for us to actually know why a person is suffering.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

I will go into the reincarnation of women in more depth in Part 3. And of course no one knows the exact reasons people suffer except God alone.

[@zilpah9890]

We suffer a lot more than 12 months . Maybe that's the idea of Rosh Hashanah . Every year we get judged and we may have a good year or maybe Gehenom?????

[@BonfruitsEl]

You stated that “the soul is pure and cannot suffer pain” what is the difference between the soul and the spirit that are part of the body (body +soul +spirit = living human being).

[@EfraimPalvanov]

There are five general parts to the soul, explained here: www.mayimachronim.com/a-mystical-map-of-your-soul/

[@TheMalka770]

Shabbat shalom❤ always listen and forwardShare the story pleeez

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you, Shabbat Shalom :)

[@tadastiesa4059]

Hello Efraim. I am happy with the channel you created and what you share. Thank you very much. What do you think about Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag (Baal Ha Sulam), and what do you think about the idea of ​​healing a person from selfishness (ego)?

[@ferdinanddaratenas3447]

The rabbi seems to have a misunderstanding. Kaf Hakela is not the same as reincarnation, but sometimes the soul is reincarnated by being sent to earth on a slingshot as punishment. Sometimes even tzadikim are sent to the heavenly court in a brief slingshot for certain sins such as not having children. Of course it's not the same kaf hakela of the wicked which is much longer and painful (one year of kaf hakela for one single sin of adultery).

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Have you seen Part 1? The Zohar and Arizal literally say that kaf hakelah is reincarnation! kzbin.info/www/bejne/enbRo5qnecp6aq8

[@ferdinanddaratenas3447]

@@EfraimPalvanov It doesn't make sense. Rav Yehuda Fatiyah performed an exorcism in Baghdad where a woman who was sentenced to 50 years in kaf hakela for adultery took possession of a living person, and it had nothing to do with reincarnations.

[@venuscraig748]

@@ferdinanddaratenas3447 with that in mind, imagine reincarnating in the same body.... meaning u rendered a soul , to get a new soul in a resurrection. sling shot move in a resurection

[@Shoshana18]

Thank you for another incredible Torah class... towards the end I couldn't hear the questions so clearly so although I'm pretty certain my question was asked and answered, just wanting to verify... is it accurate that there can be multiple souls in 1 body?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Yes, it is possible for one body to contain multiple spiritual sparks. Will speak more about this in Part 3.

[@Shoshana18]

Thanks for clarifying, looking forward to the next episode. Thank you for all you put into sharing Torah with us, it really lights me up

[@ridasz7954]

תודה רבה ❤

[@Thehaystack7999]

Thank you for all you share. Do you have a commentary on Zechariah?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure. Any specific chapter you're looking for?

[@Thehaystack7999]

@@EfraimPalvanov I have been fascinated by all 14 chapters, but lack some historical context and symbolism. I have only heard a Christian perspective but I am seeking the Jewish understanding and I don’t want to learn what a Jew believes from a Christian. It seems like a Messianic book and chapters 3-5 seem like the Angel is also teaching parallel to or through a temple procession. But again, this is a Jewish text, I am interested in a Jewish understanding. Thank you very much, you are kind. - Jonathan Hayes

[@EfraimPalvanov]

@@Thehaystack7999 Spoke quite a bit about the last few chapters of Zechariah in the series on 'Mashiach ben Yosef' here: kzbin.info/aero/PLS68IUQOA2it_1307G60XjJvlJ3T5SFs7

[@Thehaystack7999]

@@EfraimPalvanov thank you

[@davidsavage6324]

As a celibate Jew I find it comforting that even tho I'm 36 and Im not married, I am grateful that i can fulfill the mitzvah properly eventually; and rather being insecure about the concept of "forty year old virgin"-- I embrace it (now, at least as a baal teshuvah) as an archetype from the Torah/Journey-- from Yitschaak the first natal Jew, the first Sabra, first Moshiach (of Yoseph/Yesod) who married as a forty year old virgin. (Sure it's still EMBARRASSING to frankly discuss in an olam sheker, but that's anything intimately spiritual, personal. I just wish (as temporary beguinage, like how with nazirite dry chastity, spouses may shed) Beta Israel monasticism survived and that there was an Beta Israel monastery in my town where I could be an oblate, rather than only a Trinitarian (I think last Sunday was holiday of doctrine of Trinity, Trinity Sunday) monastery-university. Was it Ben Zoma, the Talmudic Sage that was celibate? -- was he maybe a dying remnant of Essenism?-- (not first Western monasticism, I think Pythagoreanism who studied under Yirmiyahu acc. to R. Ariel bar Tzadok) --before lions share of Essenism amalgamated with Pharisaicism to create Rabbinicism (or did First Rabbi, Mekoqeq Ezra create Rabbinicism?) (was the Weeping Prophet celibate? Is the Mishnaic story with 'hot tub' considered historic or midrashic?)

[@constantinebodien1887]

I am very fascinated by your videos. I really like the ones connected the Bible and Ancient Israel to China. You had talked a lot about Sin from the Table of Nations as the father of China. Do you know if the Qin Dynasty was named for him?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thanks! It's possible, though the Qin Dynasty began many centuries later.

[@constantinebodien1887]

Yes I know but I wonder if the dynasty is calling itself after the father of the nation.​@@EfraimPalvanov

[@kokaramesh]

Dear rabbi awesome your lessons..... yakov blesses his sons on which heading you did the lesson please give link if done

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thanks! Haven't done one particular class on Yakov's blessing, but did address his blessing to Dan in this class: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHyTZ2qnht13d5I and the blessing to Ephraim in this class: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fobbeptngcmAadE There is also an essay on the prophecies contained within Yakov's blessing in the first volume of 'Garments of Light'. If you don't have access to the book, send me an email and I'll share a PDF of the essay.

[@gyulaborzasi343]

Luke 17:21 and 3) Jesus said, "If those who lead you say to you, 'See, the kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. Gospel of thomas

[@mariabelaev6490]

Thank you so much! Love your lectures, but want to make a comment about your words that "soul has to come back in a body, to receive reward," "reward is described as very physical," "gold," etc. It seems to me that once it mentions such things as "gold,"we know it is speaking metaphorically... After all, what is so.good about gold? It is only as good as a bitcoin... how much of a "reward" can it be, in the world that does not have any shortage of resources, such as the Messianic Era is supposed to be?

[@alexanderluzin7022]

Shalom brother, I have a question. If a child makes a mistake and suffers, even the parents suffer. But the text says; that the parents should not suffer for the sin of the child. How the Torah explain this ?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

What you are describing would be indirect suffering, due to a person's close relationship with another. What the Torah speaks of is directly transferring the sins of one person to another.

[@alexanderluzin7022]

@@EfraimPalvanov tru, how do you think God experiment the suffering, direct or indirect to understand what suffering is ?

[@lightleaker7045]

Where, if anywhere, is the chronology of reincarnation discussed/explained? Since there is no time to a soul it would be foolish to assume that the reincarnation of soul from one kli to the next would not necessarily be in chronological order. In other words, the order may have been Lavan, Hevel, Bilaam; not Hevel, Lavan, Bilaam, or any such combination. This would seem to suggest that Cain slaying Hevel was a kippur/TIKKUN for Lavan or Bilaam (I can’t remember the fourth name you mentioned). Again, this question is predicated on the notion that souls are infinite spiritual existence, living outside of time (since time is a function of space which requires an appropriate kli), and not bound to the frailty of the human notion of the sequence of events. Olam haba is here, now, for example, overlayed in the timeline with 5784, 3232, 4385, etc, as from a perspective outside of time all time is one. I see it that we could say Hashem eHad ushmo eHad, v’gam zman eHad likdosh Baruch Hu. Mishlei seems to support this last statement.

[@ivanesparza9246]

shalom

[@BonfruitsEl]

Rabbi, do we save by grace or by good works? Or do you believe in saving by grace?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

In short, by works. See the 'Grace vs. Works' video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXvZaaSkl7-fkJI

[@AmandaBecia]

I really enjoy your lectures so thank you. Keep them coming 😊 I'd like yo ask though, about Job, if one cannot pay for another's sin, why was Job sacrificing for his children? Or does he make them come to sacrifice? Hence their sacrifice not being sincere, caused them to become collateral in Job's suffering?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Glad to hear :) I will speak all about Job and why he went what he went through in Part 3. Stay tuned!

[@AmandaBecia]

Thank you. You did leave a bit of a cliff hanger. 😊

[@commonsenselucy5697]

@@EfraimPalvanov Yeah, because I always thought Scripture said, "he was righteous." My guess before hearing your lecture on the matter was he was righteous, but still needed to learn "humility." Knowing the story as I do, and seeing how he was lamenting so before Hashem, and Hashem's response: "Who is this who darkens my counsel.....and where were you when I did this, that and the other thing?" (Loosely paraphrased) Finally, it shows Job learning his lesson, and repenting before YHWH, and then everything is restored. So, my guess is....he had some rectifying of his own still to do. Now, I will look forward to your teaching on the matter, and see how close I was to understanding....LOL. Job was even a bit "self righteous" with his friends wouldn't you say? I'm sure some "meant well."

[@BonfruitsEl]

Rabbi, do the enemy(satan, the adversary) know the souls that will perish with his angels in the last day?

[@Upsde-dwn.wrld.]

what do you have to say about Rabbi Alon Anava’s near death experience and his negative experiences in a dark “painful” place?

[@dkbrain3434]

Efi teaching is in alignment with Rabbi Anova’s NDE.

[@TheLifescasualty]

51:01 this is why I think so many people think they were Moses and David and Jesus. Our past life rememberance

[@everythingtorah]

Great shiur! But Rabbi Palvanov, regarding the pasuk from Iyov, can't lehashiv also mean to divert or deflect? ArtScroll translates as "deflect". Therefore its not a clear reference to gilgul ha'neshamot after all but instead ambiguous. For example in Tehillim 106:23 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְֽהַשְׁמִ֫ידָ֥ם לוּלֵ֡י מֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה בְחִיר֗וֹ עָמַ֣ד בַּפֶּ֣רֶץ לְפָנָ֑יו לְהָשִׁ֥יב חֲ֝מָת֗וֹ מֵֽהַשְׁחִֽית׃

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Yes, you could read it that way, and maybe that's the simple peshat understanding. The deeper mystical understanding, however, is that it refers to reincarnation.

[@everythingtorah]

@@EfraimPalvanov I agree it definitely can have a double meaning considering the context and phrase used. Would make sense the peshat can't refer to reincarnation since Rav Sa'adya Gaon and other talmidim chakhamim rejected gilgul ha'neshamot but undoubtedly mastered Mikra. I look forward to part 3!

[@ikleinit]

What’s the purpose of kaddish. If reincarnation is the tikun

[@EfraimPalvanov]

I wrote one possible answer here: www.mayimachronim.com/time-gravity-and-free-will/

[@ezekielsaltar4728]

So if everyone is reincarnated and they come back to their bodies for judgement, can't we say, with the world's population. that the resurrection has happened and everyone living today are the resurrected/reincarnated bodies? Reincarnation is Resurrection.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Will speak more about this in Part 3, stay tuned.

[@shirasheartbeats]

Did not watch yet the videos..but this was one of my old unpopular beliefs. Somehow, i had a feeling that we keep returning for any unfinished "bussineee" until it's perfected and we "graduate". It is not punishment or judgement in a harsh sense..something undesirable, but a very beautiful maturation of our soul ❤ and infinite chances to be perfected. Now i go to the video(s) shalom

[@Dextermoon1]

Dear Rabbi, thank you for this lecture. I have a question. 6000 years of murder, torture, strife, sickness, famine, and working to uphold the Torah ,for only 1000 years of reward and then press the restart button? This hardly seems like A just rward for all of that and then to just start over the pain again? I don’t understand. Furthermore, what is the relevance of saying 1000 years of reward when you believe the righteous are already there now therefore it is clear that 1000 years is not applicable, statement. someone from 5000 years ago has been in the world to come this entire time then clearly 1000 years is not an accurate number

[@hovovardevanyan5405]

Hello, my question is what happen if the souls has deserved to go in hel 4th time and getting worst each time ... what happen after the 4th time?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Hell is a last resort, there shouldn't be another time after that.

[@TheStugbit]

Efraim, I read the text you showed me about the phoenix and reincarnation. There are many things I liked there, especially the idea of Caim and Abel being back together and getting over their past. But I definitely can't agree with the idea of them both being mashiach. I give you three reasons for that. First, a leader to lead humanity for a thousand years in the holiness of G-d shouldn't be just anybody. Mashiach should be a person at Metatron level! The person who sits by the side of G-d Himself. Enoch is fit for the task, Moses is fit for the task, Adam perhaps, but Caim and Abel, if we take the Bible in the literal sense, they're both minor characters there. They didn't do much to deserve that role at all, in my understanding. Second, the first murder wasn't the worst sin. The worst sin was Eve and Adam that performed it in the Garden of Eden. That was the main source of all problems. Caim wouldn't have murdered Abel in the first place if it wasn't for Eve's mistake. To me, it doesn't have any difference the first murder to a murder in our current time because they're both made with the same material which came to be in a different place before all that. Neither Caim nor Abel ever happened to be in the Garden of Eden. They don't have the power, the means, or the historical precedent to actually fix this. It wasn't their mistake! There are only two ways of fixing this. One is with Adam and Eve themselves, and only them are able to redeem themselves and bring back humanity to the levels they were at the time. Another possibility is G-d Himself interfering with humanity and creating another human being unrelated to Adam and Eve and thus, not a descendent from them, to actually bring a new opportunity of redemption. Other than that, the most sense tells us that only those who were there making the exact same action they performed can actually modify it. In terms of gravity, Caim's murder was a crime against another human where their parents performed a crime against G-d. The third reason is that the scope that comes before a murder is of a bigger stance than the murder itself. A murder is not an end in itself, is rather a consequence of something else, of a deeper problem within. In that sense, self-defense isn't the same thing as someone willing to do harm to another person for granted. A proof of that was Moses himself. He killed a slave master as that man was doing evil things against a fellow. Moses acted in self-defense and thus should not be put in the same basket as Caim is. Moses didn't lose his prophetic stance because of that. He wasn't thwarted from receiving the ten commandments because of that. However, that doesn't mean Moses wasn't immune of any wrongdoing because G-d was willing to stop short of providing Moses with the commandments as He attempted to kill Moses for misbehavior before, if wasn't for his wife that saved him by correcting his wrong dids. So, nope. I can't agree with that. Mashiach is someone else other than Caim or Abel.

[@newsmickey5272]

It’s appointed to man, once to live and the judgment. Your text twists aren’t going to change that

[@commonsenselucy5697]

One question, though....in Obadiah, it clearly teaches "EDOM WILL COMPLETELY BE DESTROYED." I hear the Jewish belief is that Edom is Rome or Christianity. So, we can take this one of 2 ways. Initially, I believed all Christians would be "cut off and destroyed" from this Book, but now I am wondering....could it just mean that the "Religion itself" would be destroyed? Or Rome more specifically or the 3 Romes as you taught in other video? So, perhaps the people themselves would be able to continue if the were righteous in this life? Please clarify if you could? Thank you.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Please see the short video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZbCqHSIfZWcjdk

[@commonsenselucy5697]

@@EfraimPalvanov Will you be uploading Reincarnation Part 3 soon? I'm looking forward to this continuing series. Shalom.

[@royroye1643]

Is split personality or multiple personality disorder can be viewed as many souls suffering in one body or just one soul suffering a curious disease?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

I think it's more of a mental issue, but it could be that a person is tapping into memories of past lives.

[@ikleinit]

Just wondering how gan Eden plugs into your simulation shir

[@anonymousYC]

Hi Efraim, thank you for your lecture. I'm not sure if I agree with you in that the sins of our parents don't go to their children. Because the energy of your parents do trickle down to their children, especially if they treated their children a certain way. I'm assuming the children are scarred from negative interactions, therefore they have to carry the burden of what their parents gave them in this generation. Hopefully we improve over each generation. I also feel like since we can do mitzvot in the honor of the deceased then all of our averot that we learned from them also counts against them. Am I viewing this wrong? Thank you

[@venuscraig748]

ya, if their sin becomes yours, then you own it. His statement is aligned with Torah, you may not pay for the sins you don t commit somewhere else than here. imagine, the children of criminals, they may be ostracized by their peers growing up. there is suffering in this world for parents sin. it s a split view from gd s world where his laws and decrees are validated and reality of human interaction.

[@Johansyrian4293]

Whats The sin of the children so that they bear the sin of their fathers? What my sin o Lord to carry my grandfathers sins? What I have do

[@theomnisthour6400]

You'll understand Job story better when you realize that the current incarnation of God at the time was Job, and the other two characters torturing him were two less righteous incarnations of testy Lucifer and corrupting Lilith playing a fun early round of the old "whack-a-messiah" game. There have many pretenders to be God while the old man was trying out the latest laws of reincarnation and Karma - especially since the old man had to take the bitter pill of reincarnation amnesia to talk the family into playing out day 7's plan, and got lost in the translation of the messiah shell game into English.

[@eve4468]

So assuming we reach the final resurrect for only 1000 years? No offence meant, but that only feels long from a human perspective at year one. The soul is infinite so 1000 years might feel like a blip. How is that a reward?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Please see the class here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pobckHt9d6mgpas

[@eve4468]

Thank you, Rabbi, I listened to your suggested shiur, and although I enjoyed it very much I didn’t feel it answered the question I was asking. Perhaps my question wasn’t clear. How can 1000 years be considered this incredible great ultimate reward, when it’s a limited time frame. How can anything limited possibly be an adequate reward for an infinite soul?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

@@eve4468 A finite lifespan has a finite reward.

[@nikolasadams460]

If those that have obtained the resurrection are living In a time where the Messiah has returned. Would this imply that people like Enoch or Metatron those that are resurrected come from the future? Never mind I should have watched the whole lecture first. Thankyou very much for all the information.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Very welcome :)

[@UkoOde]

Can God reincarnate a Jewish Soul in the body of a non Jew? If yes under what conditions?

[@cprauss7254]

so like Purgatory isn't genome?

[@30parimeeta]

Reincarnation is not only jewish concept it is already present in oldest religion hinduism,🕉

[@brendasiron6350]

Question how does cremation play into all this?

[@wholovesyababy5574]

Cremation is forbidden in Judaism.

[@SilkaAriel]

Do we have a choice whether to come back or not or is the choice made for us?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

I believe it is made for you. The inevitable result of one's actions.

[@isasalaam5055]

I think I'll just rename you אֵלִיָּהוּ

[@gyulaborzasi343]

Jeremiah 1:5 ►

[@montysouther-f9i]

It states “ you will seek the evil and they will not be found. “ We are Frequency “ numbers “ again it is said “. Your number is up “, your number will be Rubbed out !

[@BryanKirch]

I can assure you I’ve inherited this sins of my family. You grow up in a home and you’re shaped by your environment and the errors of your grandparents effect how your parents raise you. We all are effected by eves sin because we all don’t start in the garden. I believe in reincarnation but this is an unnecessary reach to make everything in the Torah mean something different than face value

[@cliffy75]

shalom Rabbi, i heard you well that there is no eternal hell, eternal suffering, but what about Dan 12:2 and many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth wake up, some to everlasting life, and some to reproaches, everlasting abhorrence.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

I cited this verse and explained it towards the end of the video.

[@cliffy75]

@@EfraimPalvanov i am sorry that i missed it, i listen to it the 2nd time, still didn't catch where you mentioned it?!? haha, will try the 3rd time when I'm free a bit. thanks.

[@SmokeDetector5109]

​@@cliffy75 it is at 40:19 if you haven't re watched it

[@cliffy75]

@@SmokeDetector5109 thank you!

[@keso0011457]

In christianity book acts chapter 2 and writings of apostle paul. theres clear allusions to reincarnation. I could be wrong because i havent seen any teaching on those. If only a jewish rabbi would look in christians book with these lenses it would be more clear that bereit hadasha is clearly a jewish texts and not a christian doctrine. Shalom

[@adamcastro8497]

Efraim are you a believer in Jesus as messiah ?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Absolutely not. Jesus cannot be the messiah as I've spoken about in multiple places, such as here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJjJaJt4fNatgK8 and here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaPZfWCpjJp9ZpY and here: kzbin.info/aero/PLS68IUQOA2it_1307G60XjJvlJ3T5SFs7

[@Natsar-Torah]

Daniel 12 supporting reincarnation is grossly being taken out of context.. for it specifically says it's a singular historical event in history ""At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then.. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake"" .. those who awake do so AFTER the great distress of the nation of Israel (likely Gog Magog). its clearly a corporate resurrection.. not an individual reincarnation being spoken of here

[@EfraimPalvanov]

That verse was not used to support reincarnation, it was used for resurrection.