Transfiguration (transmigration) of soul/ metamorphosis/ metempsychosis

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Transfiguration (transmigration) of soul/ metamorphosis/ metempsychosis

Transfiguration (transmigration) of soul/ metamorphosis/ metempsychosis

Beyond the souls transferring from one body to another after death. The belief that the human soul returns to this world into another body in order to rectify the deeds it performed in its previous incarnation.

("And there is in this saying the secret of gilgul neshamot, that the soul of a person who did not merit in his life is given up to three times in other bodies, perhaps the soul will be purified there. And its support (Job 33:29) 'Behold, all these things God does twice, thrice with a man' - Maharsha, Chiddushei Aggadot, Tractate Shabbat 152b, and likewise: 'They give a person several gilgulim... and the gilgulim God created out of His mercy and abundant kindness, because He does not want the one who falls to go to Gehenna, and perhaps will fulfill what was not fulfilled in his life in these other lives' - Y.L. Peretz, Lo Tachmod, 141, and also: 'But from their words we learned some secrets of creation and in general something about gilgul neshamot' - Agnon, Ir U'Meloah, 647, and also: 'If they will not be sent down to Gehenna... so that they may rectify in the next gilgul what they damaged in this gilgul' - Agnon, Temol Shilshom, 344))

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גִּלְגּוּל נְשָׁמוֹת ( גִּלְגּוּלִים)

Definition (Hebrew)

מֵעֵבֶר הַנְּשָׁמוֹת מִגּוּף אֶחָד לְגוּף אַחֵר לְאַחַר הַמָּוֶת. הָאֱמוּנָה כִּי נִשְׁמַת הָאָדָם חוֹזֶרֶת לָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה לְתוֹךְ גּוּף אַחֵר כְּדֵי לְתַקֵּן אֶת מַעֲשֶׂיהָ שֶׁעָשְׁתָה בַּגִּלְגּוּל הַקּוֹדֵם שֶׁלָּהּ.

("וְיֵשׁ בָּזֶה הַמַּאֲמָר סוֹד גִּלְגּוּל נְשָׁמוֹת, שֶׁנֶּפֶשׁ אָדָם שֶׁלֹּא זָכָה בְּחַיָּיו, תִּנָּתֵן עַד ג' פְּעָמִים בְּגוּף אֲחֵרִים, אוּלַי יִזְדַּכֵּךְ הַנְּשָׁמָה שָׁם. וּסְמָכוּהוּ (אִיּוֹב לג כט) הֶן כָּל אֵלֶּה יִפְעַל אֵל פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלוֹשׁ עִם גָּבֶר"- מָהַרְשָׁ"א חִדּוּשֵׁי אַגָּדוֹת מַסֶּכֶת שַׁבָּת קנב ע"ב, וְכֵן:"נוֹתְנִים לָאָדָם כַּמָּה גִּלְגּוּלִים...וְאֶת הַגִּלְגּוּלִים בָּרָא הָאֱלֹהִים בְּרַחֲמָיו וּבְרֹב חַסְדּוֹ, לְפִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה שֶׁיִּפֹּל הַנּוֹפֵל לַגֵּיהִנּוֹם, וְשֶׁמָּא יְקַיֵּם מָה שֶׁלֹּא קַיָּם בְּחַיָּיו אֵלֶּה, בְּחַיִּים אֲחֵרִים"- י.ל.פֶּרֶץ/ לֹא תַּחְמֹד, קמ, וְכֵן:"אֲבָל מִדִּבְרֵיהֶם לָמַדְנוּ כַּמָּה סוֹדוֹת מִסּוֹדוֹת הַבְּרִיאָה וּבִכְלָל מִקְּצָת מַשֶּׁהוּ בְּגִלְגּוּלֵי נְשָׁמוֹת"- עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 647, וְכֵן:"אִם לֹא יוֹרִידוּ אוֹתָם לְגֵהִנּוֹם...כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּתַקְּנוּ בַּגִּלְגּוּל הַבָּא מָה שֶׁפָּגְמוּ בְּגִלְגּוּל זֶה"-עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 344)

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