What happens to us when we die? Are souls able to communicate with us from heaven? Do our loved ones in heaven still care about us? What is the significance of the rituals associated with burial? How do these rituals assist the soul’s transition into the afterlife?
Hi Rabbi,
I have some questions, if the soul comes to earth with a mission, then we died when our mission is completed? If we died at a very old age, that means that we did not complete our mission but the body gets to its end?
Death does not mean we completed our mission. In fact, the reason for reincarnation is for a soul to complete its mission which was only partially completed in past lives. Death simply indicates the amount of time G-d gave this soul to work on its mission in this particular body.