Does anyone know if according to the system of reincarnation, can a soul reincarnate into the past? For example, can someone die on 12th Mar 1995 and get reincarnated on 16 June 1856?
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If you're interested in this part of the Torah, you should be aware that Rabbi Pinchas Winston has published a complete translation of the Arizal 's Shar HaGilgulim, which is generally considered the most authoritative Jewish work on reincarnation. The printed version is a bit expensive (though well worth the price) but the e-book will not break anyone's bank: https://thirtysix.org/shop/rabbi-pinchas-winston/shaar-hagilgulim-1/ – יהושע ק May 03 '23 at 14:31
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Or the whole thing is on chabad.org for free, with excellent translation, diagrams and commentary – Rabbi Kaii May 03 '23 at 14:37
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@RabbiKaii Can u please send me the chabad link? – Mars Sojourner May 03 '23 at 14:41
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1@RabbiKaii I was unaware of the Chabad.org translation. At a quick glance it looks very well done! – יהושע ק May 03 '23 at 15:49
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https://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/380302/jewish/Gate-of-Reincarnations-Introduction.htm – Rabbi Kaii May 03 '23 at 16:18
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1The system of reincarnation is about fixing past mistakes. It only goes forward, according to everything I've seen. In addition, according to many opinions, nothing can go backward in time in Judaism at all. – N.T. May 03 '23 at 20:09
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@N.T. That's still compatible, since when it comes to fixing mistakes, 'past' and 'future' might be relative to the soul, and not an external clock. For example perhaps someone can make a mistake in their 20th century life and then reincarnate in the 15th century and correct it in that life. – user9806 May 04 '23 at 00:28
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@user9806 In no discussion of gilgul that I have ever seen does it work that way. – N.T. May 04 '23 at 09:10
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@N.T. https://www.sefaria.org.il/Vayikra_Rabbah.26.7?lang=he&with=all&lang2=he אָמַר לְפָנָיו מֶלֶךְ רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁיַּעֲמֹד עַל בָּנֶיךָ יִדָּקֵר בְּחֶרֶב, אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וְלִי אַתָּה אוֹמֵר אֱמֹר אֶל הַכֹּהֲנִים שֶׁהָרַג שֶׁהֵם מְקַטְרְגִים אוֹתוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל משֶׁה אֱמֹר אֶל הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן – The GRAPKE May 04 '23 at 10:52
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@TheGRAPKE What does that have to do with gilgul or this discussion? That is ruach hakodesh. – N.T. May 05 '23 at 02:27
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@N.T. The kohanim hadn't been killed yet. – The GRAPKE May 07 '23 at 05:37
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@TheGRAPKE So? Shaul hadn't died yet. – N.T. May 07 '23 at 05:51
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@N.T. Exactly, so time is happening in the wrong order? – The GRAPKE May 08 '23 at 05:44
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@TheGRAPKE Hashem is giving someone a prophecy of the future. Nothing is happening yet. – N.T. May 08 '23 at 06:50
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@N.T. That's simply not what the medrash says. – The GRAPKE May 08 '23 at 08:30
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@TheGRAPKE That's exactly what it says. It is a medrash about Hashem showing Moshe all the future generations. – N.T. May 09 '23 at 02:25
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@N.T. The medrash says that Hashem said to Moshe that I am telling you emor el ha'kohanim in response to the kohanim who are currently complaining, but who would only be killed hundreds of years later. Which does not seem to respect the sequential passage of time. (The Divrei Yoel makes this diyuk.) – The GRAPKE May 09 '23 at 06:01
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@TheGRAPKE The Midrash is not saying that. The Meforshim to the Midrash say that the Kohanim were killed after the Kohanim were killed. Hashem is giving Moshe the justification for the future events when they would happen. – N.T. May 15 '23 at 03:37
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@N.T. That's not how the Satmar Rov reads the medrash. – The GRAPKE May 15 '23 at 05:36
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@TheGRAPKE Source? – N.T. May 16 '23 at 01:41
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@N.T. I stand corrected, that's how I read the Divrei Yoel (Chelek 6, pg. 210) but it's only the question. – The GRAPKE May 16 '23 at 05:49
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@TheGRAPKE As long as we get there in the end. The question of Judaism's understanding of time is a fascinating one, but nobody believes it works backwards, with the possible exception of teshuvah. – N.T. May 16 '23 at 08:13