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Je'Wish Tales of REINCARNATION Jewish Tales of REINCARNATION YONASSAN GERSHOM JASON ARONSON INC. North-oale, New Jersey Jerusalem This book was set in 11 pt. Apollo by Alpha Graphics of Pittsfield, New Hampshire and printed and bound by Book-mart Press, Inc. of North Bergen, NJ. Copyright© 1999 by Yonassan Gershom 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from Jason Aronson Inc. except in the case of brief quotations in reviews for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gershom, Yonassan, 194 7- Jewish tales of reincarnation / selected and re-told by Yonassan Gershom. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 978-0-7657-6083-8 1. Legends, Jewish. 2. Transmigration-Judaism. 3. Soul (Judaism) I. Title. BM530.G43 1999 296.3'3-dc21 98-52747 CIP Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper. For information and catalog write Jason Aronson Inc., 230 Livingston Street, Northvale, NJ 07647-1726, or visit our website: www .aronson.com "The world says that telling stories helps one to fall asleep. But I say-telling stories wakes people up!" (Rabbi Nachman of Breslov) Dedicated to my beloved wife, Caryl Rachel, on our eighteenth wedding anniversary. In spite of howling blizzards and a collaps ing roof that forced us to abandon our old house and beloved garden, she still found enough hope and joy in her heart to en courage me to finish this project. Without her steadfast love dur ing those times of crisis, you would not now be reading this book. Contents Introduction Basic Themes II Every Action for the Sake of Heaven 11 The Heavenly Court l3 Repairing the Universe 15 The Covenant at Sinai 16 The Definition of Torah 18 The Cosmic Significance of Torah 19 Reincarnation or Possession? 20 Punishment or Learning Experience? 23 Are These Stories True? 24 Chapter I : Heaven and Earth 25 Overview 25 The Heavenly Body of Adam 27 Why Adam Ate the Fruit 29 The Hall of Exchanges 30 Roots of the Soul 31 The Treasury of Souls 34 Soulmates 36

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Scattered throughout many kabbalistic and hasidic texts are numerous teaching stories with reincarnation as their central theme. Now, for the first time, you can read 70 of these fascinating tales in a single volume, collected and retold by master storyteller, Yonassan Gershom.The author begins with
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