Is there life after death? What is the nature of our existence?To know the answers is to nd greater purpose, understanding and comfort in our lives and in our deaths. Updated!With candor, questioning and sharp-eyed scholarship, Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz recounts his own experiences and the rsthand accounts others have shared with him, propelling his own journey from skeptic to believer that, indeed, the soul does survive bodily death.An inexplicable "mistake" he makes while conducting a funeral; his neurologist wife's startling experience during a channeling session with a medium; the awesome moments Rabbi Spitz encounters at the deathbed of a dying friend these events and others punctuate his quest to uncover the Jewish tradition s answers about what happens to our souls after death.In this updated second edition, Rabbi Spitz looks squarely at both sides of the issues (addressing, for example, the discrepancies in afterlife and reincarnation accounts).

Skillful, wise, transformative guidance for elevating a good life toward greater wholeness and even holiness.In a multi-tasking culture, we often are distracted from attending to what is most significant in our lives. To connect with others and more readily access a Divine presence takes focus. Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz, a widely respected teacher and spiritual seeker, shows how to attend to the four components of the inner life body, heart, mind and spirit in order to shore up the foundations of your whole self. By strengthening and balancing inwardly you can reach outwardly more healthily, effectively and compassionately.Rabbi Spitz combines Jewish tradition, contemporary sciences and world spiritual writings with practical contemplative exercises to guide you to see the familiar in fresh new ways. With practice, these exercises will help you encounter the inevitable everyday disappointments and the frustrations of meeting competing commitments with greater patience, wisdom and steadiness. All of the introductions, guided imageries and chants have corresponding videos accessed by the links and QR codes provided for full immersion in the exercises and to encourage wakeful dreaming.This book is for anyone Jews and non-Jews, experienced meditators and novices yearning for greater inner calm and strength so as to more fully enjoy life, effectively relate to others and enhance spiritual awareness and connection."