Please join Temple Beth Shalom for a truly rare Adult Education opportunity with Rabbi Simcha Raphael, Ph.D., who will offer a poignant yet humorous series of three sessions on the Biblical, Rabbinic, Jewish mystical, and Contemporary perspectives of the afterlife that will uncover some of the meanings behind Jewish laws and customs surrounding death.
This fascinating and engaging program series includes:
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(1) January 5, 2021 – What is Past is Prologue? Biblical & Rabbinic Views of the Afterlife” ;
(2) January 12, 2021 – What is the Journey and What is the Destination? The Afterlife in Jewish Mysticism; and
(3) January 19, 2021 – What Remains and What is Created Anew? The Afterlife and the Renewal of Jewish Ritual
All are welcome to join us for this free program via Zoom RSVP to:
or adulted@seashul.org with your info
More about Rabbi Simcha Raphael, Ph.D.:
A native of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Rabbi Raphael is the Founding Director of the DA’AT Institute for Death Awareness, Advocacy and Training. He has served as Adjunct Professor in Religion at LaSalle University and Temple University, and is on Faculty of the Art of Dying Institute of the New York Open Center. He works as a psychotherapist and spiritual director in Philadelphia. A Fellow of the Rabbis Without Borders Network, he has written extensively on death and the afterlife and is the author of the groundbreaking book, Jewish Views of the Afterlife. and is co-editor of Jewish End-of-Life Care in a Virtual Age: Our Traditions Reimagined. Rabbi Raphael lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael, who herself is a noted composer of Jewish liturgical and folk/popular music, and performer.
Funded by a grant made possible by the Annual Campaign of the Jewish Federation of Atlantic & Cape May Counties.