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Events • Jewish How To Pages   Does Judaism support
reincarnation?   Thank you for writing and sharing your
thoughts.  There are many Jewish sources dealing with what is
popularly ha'ne'shamot," literally the recycling or
transmigration of  This concept can be compared to a flame of
one candle lighting another candle. While the essence of the
second flame comes from the first one, the second flame is an
independent entity.  Still, the new flame contains imperfections
inherited from the initial flame, and it is these imperfections
that are to be  Most of the written material is very esoteric,
often written in Aramaic. Some of the prominent works dealing
with this subject  this world. One example given is that the
great Talmudic sage Hillel was a reincarnation of the Biblical
figure Aaron.  limited way. This in part explains why people ar