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Defining suicide: Importance and implications for Judaism

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One of the more problematic situations in the Jewish tradition is seeing to the psychological needs of the family of a suicide. This is due to the legal statements found within the tradition, placing some restrictions on the funeral rite. As a result of this, the criteria for the suicide are to be well examined and understood to ensure proper pastoral care.

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  1. References to this are found scattered in direct and indirect fashion throughout the Bible, particularly in the books of David, Job, Psalms, and Ecclesiastes. Further reference is found throughout the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmud.

  2. Mishnah, Tractate Sanhedrin.

  3. Mishnah, Avot.

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  1. Florida Mental Health Institute, the University of South Florida in Tampa, MHC 5103, 33620, Tampa, Florida

    Steven J. Kaplan (Director of the Hillel Foundation) & Lynn A. Schoeneberg Ph.D.

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  1. Steven J. Kaplan
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  2. Lynn A. Schoeneberg Ph.D.
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Kaplan, S.J., Schoeneberg, L.A. Defining suicide: Importance and implications for Judaism. J Relig Health 27, 154–156 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01532072

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