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Contrary to popular belief, Jewish law does not have an absolute prohibition on this post-death procedure.

Taking one's life is officially a violation of Jewish law, but many contemporary rabbis recognize that most suicides result from struggles with mental illness.

About Death and Mourning in the Jewish community.

An overview of autopsy, organ donation, and cremation in Jewish tradition and practice.

On the Jewish custom of leaving a written spiritual legacy for one's children.

Isaac and Rebecca provide us with two models of parenting--love dependent on a specific interaction and love that is unconditional.

God and Abram's covenant between the pieces raises issues of conditionality and obligation still relevant today.

The first chapter of the biblical book of Ezekiel served as the textual starting point for the merkavah mystics—and hints at an image of God.

Few post-talmudic works have been as revered as the Zohar, the mystical commentary on the Torah.

The Hasidim wrote and told stories about their leaders.