Location: Fireside Room

What is a “soul?” What happens after you die? Does Judaism believe in the Afterlife? Are resurrection and reincarnation Jewish concepts? Do our dreams contain “messages from afar”?

- Body & Soul

- The Afterlife

- Reincarnation & Resurrection 

- Dreams - Messages from Afar?

Rabbi Ze'ev Smason, Midwestern Regional VP; Chairman, Coalition For Jewish Values- Missouri:

Rabbi Ze’ev Smason is Rabbi Emeritus of Nusach Hari B’nai Zion Congregation in St. Louis, Missouri, having retired from the pulpit in 2022 after nearly a quarter century of service. Rabbi Smason studied in Yeshivat Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem for eight years, and received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Noach Weinberg and Rabbi Avrohom Kupshitz. He received a BA in Political Science from UCLA, and was associate director of Aish HaTorah Center of Jewish Studies of St. Louis for eight years. A twenty-year member of the Rabbinical Council of America and two-term member of the RCA Executive Committee, Rabbi Smason is active in many pro-Zionist organizations, causes and advocacy, and teaches Jewish adult Torah (Jewish Bible) classes throughout the St. Louis community.