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One of the greatest questions that stimulates the mind of any thinking person throughout life is the question of the meaning of life and death and whether there is life after life and if so what does that mean for me right now? What are the practical implications? Because if it is true that life does not end with death that death is not simply the end as many people assume a person lived and now they no longer exist but rather if the person continues to exist without the physical body then what is the meaning of that existence? What is his state? Is it good for him? Is it not good? And if that is the ultimate purpose then why must we first be placed here inside a physical body? Why did the creator not place us immediately where he wants us to be without this strange journey of life filled with temptations trials, challenges, wars, troubles, and illnesses? In other words, what is the true purpose of life? In the past, the only answer to this question was found in the Torah. Today, however even in the world of scientific research with the ability to document and record evidence from different places in the world many scientists can no longer remain indifferent. They too have reached the same conclusion taught in the Torah. When a person dies he does not cease to
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