Why is a Jewish Burial So Important? - Rabbi Yaakov Lynn

it's a fundamental belief of Judaism that after our time in this world we move on to a time in a place called the world to come we believe that when a person leaves this world it is the time for the body and the soul to prepare themselves for their next journey as they head towards the world to come in order to do this the soul goes to a special chamber to be with Hashem where it cleanses itself and prepares itself for the journey ahead the body also has to prepare itself for that journey ahead and we understand that journey starts by disintegrating in the ground it's very important then that a Jewish burial involves a person being buried in the ground in a way that the body can disintegrate therefore Jews do not get their bodies preserved and they also don't get cremated Jewish burial is so that my body can go back to the ground and disintegrate to prepare itself for the journey ahead [Music]