Reincarnations of the Jewish Converts
Rabbi Yaron Reuven explains the concept of reincarnation within Judaism. He states that reincarnation is a form of punishment, a kinder alternative to complete destruction. He highlights the various possibilities for reincarnation, including as animals, plants, or even as a non-Jew. He emphasizes that a Jew can lose their Jewishness through reincarnation, and that this loss is a form of punishment for past sins. He then addresses the concept of converts to Judaism, explaining that they can be considered a "skin disease" in a way. This is because they sometimes highlight the shortcomings of natural-born Jews, but also because they can cause damage through their actions. However, he concludes that these converts are vital, as they often replace those who have lost their chance at being Jewish through multiple reincarnations. To Support our KIRUV and Torah Teachings work please DONATE at www.BeEzratHaShem.org If you'd like to invite Rabbi Yaron Reuven to give a lecture at your synagogue, home or office. Rabbi Reuven is based out of Florida but travels to give lectures to different groups. Join one of our interactive "Interesting Torah" Whatsapp groups to get daily updates and short Torah clips that can uplift your day by texting 1.917.468.2324 or +91 93236 69880 Click here https://soundcloud.com/yaronreuven/se... To Listen to our very popular "Daily Chidush" short audio series on SOUNDCLOUD or the Podcast Channel at https://beezrathashem.jewishpodcasts.... Born in Netanya, Israel, Rabbi Yaron Reuven began his American Dream as a little boy, when his family immigrated to the United States. He went from a newspaper boy at the age of 10, to a well-known self-made Wall Street multimillionaire by the age of 23. During his time in Wall Street, he owned his own private brokerage firm, a hedge fund, and an international insurance agency. He was featured on CNBC, Bloomberg and Chinese NDTV due to his success in the financial industry. At age 26 he faced a 7-year battle for his life when a simple surgery went wrong. From that moment his life would never be the same. This moment marked the start of a series of miraculous events and an exciting pursuit of truth, ultimately resulting in Rabbi Reuven renouncing his lofty position and success in Wall Street, after 16 years, to become a full-time KIRUV rabbi. His Teshuva story is sure to catch the heart of every listener. Rabbi Reuven’s shiurim are in English and Hebrew. His classes are focused on spreading the truth and divinity of the Torah through MUSSAR, scientific proofs, and many other methods to reach each individual listener. Rabbi Reuven is the leading educator on the topic of wasting seed in the English language with over 30 hrs of content published online. Rabbi Yaron Reuven is a proud member of the Igud HaRabbonim (The Rabbinical Alliance of America), a national rabbinic organization founded in 1942. Today, our 900+ members are congregational leaders, religious teachers, chaplains, heads of Jewish organizations and communal leaders united in their commitment to traditional Orthodox Judaism. For more information please visit: https://rabbinicalalliance.org/ #reincarnation #afterlife #Judaism #jewish #rabbiyaronreuven #torah #conversion #conversiontojudaism #noahides #noahide #emunah #HaShem #God #bible #bitachon #jewishworld #jewishpeople 00:00:00 Intoduction 00:00:14 Reincarnation as Punishment 00:01:09 Reincarnation in Lower Forms 00:01:35 Animals as Reincarnations 00:02:06 Reincarnation in Inanimate Objects 00:02:21 Screaming Rocks and Trees 00:02:44 Vegetarianism and Suffering 00:03:09 Reincarnation as Non-Jew 00:03:34 Tikkun through Conversion 00:04:05 Losing and Earning Judaism 00:05:00 Converts and Am Yisrael
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0:14So, the question is, someone who is Jewish today, has he always been Jewish? So, the Arizal says in Sha'ar HaGilgulim that when a person sins, there are different punishments for the person, aside from Gehenom. There's also a place called Kaf HaKela, which the Gemara in Masechet Shabbat, the last chapter, talks about. How the angels that flung the neshama from one end of the world to the other end of the world, why they beat him up and so on. But there's also a different part of punishment that the Arizal talks about, which is reincarnation. Reincarnation is not a reward. Reincarnation is a form of punishment. Now, although this punishment is not very pleasant, nonetheless, punishment is a form of kindness from Hashem. Why? Because what's the alternative? The alternative to this punishment is complete destruction. So it's better to be reincarnated, even as a rock, but still have a chance to fix your neshama than to be destroyed completely. So reincarnation happens where a person could literally go to the lowest level. For instance, if, let's say, a guy was ever with a non-Jewish woman
1:35And he was intimate with a non-Jewish woman, and he did not do teshuvah before he died. He gets reincarnated as a dog. Many of the dogs you see people walking used to be people. Now, don't go saying, "Oh, no, it's a tzadik." Don't call your dog tzadik. But nonetheless, this is real. This is true. Sometimes they were, sometimes they weren't. Cats are also a thing. A person could be reincarnated as an animal. A person can be reincarnated in a plant, in a tree, in a fruit, in a rock. There's a pasuk in the Torah that the rocks are screaming. What do you mean the rocks are screaming? There's a pasuk in the Torah, in the Tanach, the rock is screaming. Did you ever see a rock screaming? You ever hear a rock screaming? You can't hear it, but the rocks are screaming. The Gemara actually says in Masechet Yoma, when a person cuts a tree, you can't hear it, but the tree is screaming so loud that you could hear the scream of the tree until the end of the world. If we were able to hear the screams of the trees, we simply would never ever eat or drink or do anything.
2:44If you heard the screams of the tomato, the tomato makes when you cut it, or the orange, cucumber, when you cut it, the screams, you'd never eat. You'd kill yourself. So, people think that they're vegetarians because they feel bad for the animals. You should feel bad for the tomatoes also. You should feel bad for the orange. You should feel bad for everything. If you really want to feel bad, okay, starve to death then. where you have more mercy than Hashem. They were created because Hashem created them for a reason, to serve a purpose. Now, one of the other forms of punishment is that a Jew could lose his Judaism, meaning a Jew can get punished by being reincarnated as a non-Jew with an obligation to turn back and become a Jew. Meaning, their tikkun, the tikkun of this Jew that's now reincarnated as Yoshke, reincarnated as Mustafa, their tikkun in their new life, the way they fix their soul, is by converting back to Judaism. I know one guy who went to a very serious person, who said, that's exactly what happened to you in your life. That's exactly what happened to you in your life. That's what you did, you caused, why did he get it? He says, you used to cause Jews to go away from Hashem.
4:05used to cause people to go away from Hashem. That was your punishment. Now you have to convert to Judaism and get people close to Hashem. So, the point is that a Jew can lose his Judaism. Now, if he's born a Jew, if he's born a Jew, that means he has been a Jew. Because a goy can never reincarnate as a Jew. You have to earn being a Jew. Earning being a Jew is through a conversion according to the Torah, not in accordance with what Hashem decides to do for you in Olam HaBa. The only way to become a Jew is either to be born one, because you're already connected to Mount Sinai, or to connect yourself to Mount Sinai by converting to Judaism during your life. But it is possible the opposite though, where a Jew can die and be reincarnated as a non-Jew. Very good question. But it happens, unfortunately. It happens. It does, unfortunately. That's actually what one of the Chachamim says, that many of the righteous neshamot being added to Am Yisrael are coming from the conversions.
5:27And many converts are good people. Some are reshaim, but many of them are tzaddikim. The Gemara says that the converts are like a skin disease for Am Yisrael. Why are converts like a skin disease? You're supposed to love them more than you love a natural-born Jew. It says converts are like a skin disease for Am Yisrael because, number one, if they're good, They show us that we're not doing enough. Natural-born Jews are not doing enough. The convert is such a tzaddik, the convert is such a tzaddeket, the natural-born Jew says, ah, this guy makes me look bad. Why? Because he goes to minyan at 4 o'clock in the morning to pray for two hours. You're barely showing up for the 9:30 minyan. He's learning three, four hours in the morning. You barely learn three hours the whole week sometimes. So the convert, sometimes, tzaddik, makes the Jew look bad. Tzadik. But on the other hand, the Gemara says they're also a skin disease when they're bad converts. Why? Because the bad converts cause a lot of damage to Am Yisrael, most notably being the Erev Rav. The Erev Rav were a bunch of fake converts. But the righteous converts are replacing the reshaim that have lost their chances.
6:45There are certain resha'im that have gotten several chances from Hashem, several reincarnations, and have never done teshuva. So since Hashem obviously always wants to have a Jewish people, some of these resha'im are being replaced by converts, righteous converts. So b'ezrat Hashem, everybody does teshuva and it's not necessary for Hashem to replace, but rather to just add. But nonetheless, this is also one of the ways that HaKadosh Baruch Hu is delivering on His promise to never destroy His people. He's always going to have new righteous people in the world, even if it means that there's going to be a bunch of people converting. That's why the Gemara Masechet Avodah Zarah says that before Mashiach comes, there will be many, many converts, which is actually happening right now.
