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2101</div> 2102 2103 <div id="tncms-region-article_body_top" class="tncms-region hidden-print"></div> 2104 2105 <div id="article-body" itemprop="articleBody" class="asset-content subscriber-premium"false> 2106 <meta itemprop="isAccessibleForFree" content="true"/> 2107 2108 2109 <p>According to Rabbi Michael Beyo, CEO of East Valley Jewish Community Center (EVJCC) in Chandler, many of the worldâs most influential civilizations throughout history can trace their deepest-rooted cultural beliefs to an obsession with death and the afterlife.</p><p>Published on July 1, âChoose Life: Torahâs Radical Answer to Civilizationâs Oldest Obsessionâ traces the worship of death over the living across 4,000 years, from ancient civilizations â Egyptian tombs, Canaanite child sacrifices, Greek soul-philosophies and Roman gladiators â to the jihadist suicide bombers of the last century.</p><p>Persevering among these world powers, âChoose Lifeâ details why one civilization â Judaism â has consistently found life worth living from its roots until today.</p><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_top" class="tncms-region hidden-print"></div><p>
2109Per the bookâs description on the back cover: âDrawing on Tanakh, Talmud and Midrash, Rabbi Michael Beyo argues that the central commandment of Jewish life â uvacharta baâchayyim â is not a metaphor but instruction: a daily, structural and political choice against every system that asks us to trade the living for the eternal.â</p><p>Beyo talked about his book to community members at the seasonâs first installment of the EVJCCâs âTuesdays at the Jâ series on Sept. 1.</p><p>He said he is relieved to have finally published this project that he has been thinking about for more than a decade. However, he is not finished as he still carries the responsibility of standing true to his work and embodying the lessons heâs shared.</p><p>âIt is a relief to finish the heavy lifting â the research, finding the right words and conveying the right tone and message,â Beyo said. âAt the same time, there is still that sense of responsibility, thinking back on what I should have written or what I forgot to mention.â</p><p>Beyo said the idea for the book originated about 10 years ago when two ladies approached him asking if he would perform a traditional Jewish funeral for them, even if they chose to be cremated rather than buried according to Jewish law. This got him thinking for a long time about why Jews are not allowed to cremate, interviewing friends, colleagues and other rabbis on the subject.</p><p>There are various reasons why cremation is frowned upon in Judaism. For one, the Torah considers the body a holy vessel for a lifetime of good deeds, one that must return to the Earth naturally without being destroyed. Second, the Kabbalah teaches that the soul does not leave the body immediately after death, so destruction via cremation is said to cause spiritual pain.</p><p>Third, long-standing Jewish tradition holds that Jewish bodies will be resurrected in the Messianic Era.</p><p>âIf God is God, and if, in fact, there will be a resurrection of the dead, then youâd think He could do it in any way he wants,â Beyo said. âFor the millions of Jews that were cremated, when itâs time to resurrect the dead, are they not going to be resurrected? That seems kind of cruel, and I donât think God is cruel.â</p><p>After Oct. 7, Beyo was struck by the worldâs reaction. Protests sprouted all over the world, but the messages of those protests were not against terrorism or Hamas, and they were not in support of the Israelis killed or taken hostage.</p><p>âThose demonstrations, ultimately, supported the death of Jews,â he said.</p><p>Beyo argued that there is a fundamental connection between the monumental pyramids built for just one person at ancient Egyptâs apex of wealth, genius and power and the man who carries a backpack into a public place with the built-in faith that within moments of death, he will receive a reward so grand that it makes his earthly life entirely worthless.</p><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_middle" class="tncms-region hidden-print"></div><p>âThe common denominator is a passionate love for death,â he said. âWhile Judaism, from its beginning until today, has a passionate love for life. The obsession with death that these civilizations have is part of the reason why there is antisemitism, because we represent everything that they are against.â</p><p>When deciding which civilizations to include as examples in his book, Beyo said ancient Egypt, Christianity and Islam were all ânatural choices.â He chose Greek and Roman civilizations âfor the inseparable influence on Jewish history and world history,â while excluding civilizations that the Jewish people did not encounter, such as the Aztecs and Mayans.</p><p>In ancient Rome, death was a form of sport and entertainment, and when Spartan soldiers went to war, their wives did not tell them to return safely; they told them to die with honor.</p><p>Canaanite families sacrificed their children through fire as a means to show their devotion to God. While in Jewish tradition, God only ever asks for one child sacrifice, that of Isaac, but when Abraham proves his willingness to sacrifice his son to God, God sends an angel to stop him. He tested Abrahamâs devotion while avoiding unnecessary death.</p><p>Beyo thinks death has always been such a human obsession because it gives power to the imagination.</p><p>
2109âTwo kids watch the movie âSuperman.â One kid, after he sees the movie, goes up to the roof and says, âIf (Superman) can fly, I will fly.â And he tries to fly and dies. The other kid says, âIf (Superman) can fly, I can fly,â but he understands that itâs a movie; he understands that a human cannot fly, so he gets a Ph.D. in astrophysics and becomes an astronaut. The difference is the first kid functions only with this imagination. The second uses imagination but is curtailed by reality and knowledge,â Beyo said.</p><p>The first part of his book analyzes various civilizations and how their culture and history led them to imagine their lives as lesser than what comes after. In the second part of the book, Beyo shows how Judaism values honoring and preserving life above all.</p><p>The most important prayer associated with death, the Mournerâs Kaddish, does not even mention death, just honoring God. After a family member dies, Jews are obligated to honor them by sitting shiva for seven days, but after that, they are commanded to continue experiencing life.</p><p>The Talmud even declares that a court that instituted a death penalty more than once every 70 years was a bloodthirsty court.</p><p>Jews are obligated to fast on Yom Kippur, but Jewish law states that a person who needs food for their personal health is not allowed to fast.</p><p>âThe concept is that we should not put our life in danger,â Beyo said.</p><p>God commands men to have children, but he does not make the same demand of women, who, until recent years, had a high maternal mortality rate.</p><p>Beyo explores these examples and more in “Choose Life,” available for purchase on <a href="http://Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a>. <strong>JN</strong></p><p><em>For more information, visit <a href="http://evjcc.org">evjcc.org</a>.</em></p><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_bottom" class="tncms-region hidden-print"><div id="tncms-block-1621057" class="tncms-block"><!-- Begin Constant Contact Inline Form Code --><div class="ctct-inline-form" data-form-id="e9a2b842-a56a-4a52-a1ba-eccadf744247/"></div> 2110<!-- End Constant Contact Inline Form Code --></div></div> 2111 <div id="tncms-region-article_bottom_content" class="tncms-region hidden-print"><div id="tncms-block-1612243" class="tncms-block"><div class="tnt-ads-container text-center " > 2112 <div id="yup-rectangle-one" class="tnt-ads dfp-ad" data-lazy="true" data-refresh="true" > 2113
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