Death Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Judaism === {{see also|Bereavement in Judaism}} There are a [[Jewish eschatology#World to come|variety of beliefs about the afterlife within Judaism]], but none of them contradict the preference for life over death. This is partially because death puts a cessation to the possibility of fulfilling any [[Mitzvah|commandments]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raphael |first=Simcha Paull |url=https://www.neshamah.net/images/jewish-views-of-the-afterlife.pdf |title=Jewish Views of the Afterlife |date=May 2021 |access-date=17 February 2023 |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611160727/https://neshamah.net/images/jewish-views-of-the-afterlife.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page