history - Where does the concept of Gilgulim (reincarnations) in ...
There is a piece in the Tshuvas HaRashba in siman 418 which denigrates the belief in gilgulim. It is a response from the Chachmei Luniel to the Rashba, proving that they don't believe in any nonjewish ideas. See there ד.ה. ומתועלותיה בסוד הנפש. One of the points they raise why it is an unjewish belief is because judgement ...
How could Haman be a gilgul of Eisav? - Mi Yodeya
Apr 12, 2022 · The non-Jewish slave of a Jew must undergo a conversion process, including milah (circumcision) and tevilah (ritual immersion), at which point he becomes obligated in many Torah laws, including all (applicable) negative commandments, and some positive ones. According to this Midrash, Mordechai could rightly have told people that Haman’s ...
Why did Korach have to be buried alive? - Mi Yodeya
Jun 30, 2020 · 3. Korach had to die an unnatural death; otherwise his death wouldn't prove Moshe right, because a natural death could be because his time had come. But why did he have to still stay alive after being buried which was something new and had never been before or since? The wording of the Torah is 'chaim sheolo'. Meaning alive in the grave.
rashi - Was Shechem a gilgul of Eisav? - Mi Yodeya
Mar 3, 2023 · Gilgul doesn't have to mean actual 1:1 reincarnation. It is said that Shechem's taking of Dinah was a punishment for withholding her from Eisav. Shechem and Eisav were gilgul in the sense that they were the same kind of person even if …
reincarnation - Do gentiles have Gilgul Neshamot? - Mi Yodeya
Mar 30, 2022 · 3. I have not heard a concrete answer (or even a generalized opinion) on whether gentiles can have a re-incarnation, despite reading that they do not (Minchas Yehuda by Rabbi Yehuda Hachayat). I know that there are sources that say that a gentile does not have as many layers of soul as a Jew, and also that a righteous gentile has a place in the ...
According to the theory of Gilgul Nashamot, are the souls of …
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Is Gilgulei Neshamot ever mentioned in Shas? - Mi Yodeya
Dec 29, 2019 · No there are no explicit sources. In fact Rav Saadia Gaon in Emunos V'Deos explicitly rejects this concept and considers it a non Jewish concept. The Rashash in the back of the gemara in Bava Metziah 107 brings an indication from that gemara against concept of gilgulim. (This does not mean other do not hold of the concept, in fact many Rishonim ...
conversion to judaism - Convert attached to another gilgul ... - Mi …
Aug 21, 2020 · The Hebrew word for “convert” is ger, a word that also means “stranger.”. Probably both meanings are applicable here. The Nefesh that will host this blemished Ruach must be the Nefesh of a convert, but relative to the homeless Ruach it is also the Nefesh of a stranger. The following section 1:11 explains more of the process.
Why did the R' Akiva marry the wife of Tyrannus Rufus?
1. Based upon the history in Seder HaDorot, this story about how Rabbi Akiva would, in the future, marry the wife of Tyranus Rufus after she converted to Judaism is to be understood as a prophetic vision of a future life. Tyranus Rufus was appointed to put down the rebellion of Bar Kochba. This culminated in the destruction of Beitar.
Does the Arizal really say Yeshu was the reincarnation of Eisav?
Mar 6, 2017 · Here's the original quote from the article: Indeed, according to the teachings of the Ari’zal, revealed to him by none other than Eliyahu HaNavi (Elijah), Yeshu was none other than the reincarnation of Esav, the brother of Ya’aqov Avinu (ref. Sefer HaGilgulim of the Ari’zal, chapter 67). OK I didn't think of checking HebrewBooks but that ...