What is death according to the Jewish religion?

Question

Please provied verses form the Torah

Please provide verses from the Torah. What happens to the soul after death. Is there a life after death? Heaven or hell?

Answer 1

All Jewish practices regarding death are for one of two reasons: respect for the dead (kvod hamet) or to console those left behind (nihum avelim).

Death bed

A goses (Hebrew: גוסס‎) is someone who is extremely close to death and about to die. Jewish law forbids Jews to do anything to hasten a person's death; at the same time it requires all actions possible to comfort the dying person. The spectrum of what can or cannot be done for a dying Jew may sometimes vary (consulting a rabbi is usually the best course of action if in doubt).

A goses is encouraged to say the Vidui (confession) before he or she dies.[1]

Death itself

Sha'at HaMita refers to the precise moment of death. A clear definition of death is a subject of great debate in Judaism. Even in Talmudic times, it was unclear whether one should determine death based on breathing or pulse. Recently the use of brain death as a determinant has been debated. There is no universal agreement among prominent rabbis, known as poskim, about this issue.

Vigil

A vigil, or Shemirah, is required from the moment a Jew dies. A shomer is a person, preferably not a relative of the deceased, who is assigned to keep a watch over the body. At least one shomer should be reciting Psalms (Tehillim) constantly until the burial service. Although honoring the deceased is the main purpose, in earlier times the danger of theft of the body was very real. Today, people are paid or appointed by the funeral home or Chevra kadisha to sit near the body.

Answer 2

There is conflicting information in the Torah, as well as in the Mishna and Midrash. The afterlife is believed to have entered the Hebrew faith via Hellenism, but much of the Torah was written or edited after that time.

Answer 3

I dunno I'm Irish/ American but, I'll give them this, The jews have the right idea, in the ground in 24 Hours, no wakes ! why do we do "Wakes", it's very morbid if you ask me, then some "Bean Head" say's "Don't they look good".... ????? How can you look good if you are a corpse ?????

They got "Pastrami" down too !

Answer 4

When you stop breathing.