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Acknowledging the pain associated with death, Rabbi Jacobson emphasizes that understanding death as a transition rather than an end can be healing. Using analogies of water boiling into steam or ice forming from water, he illustrates how forms change, but the underlying reality remains constant.
He candidly shares a personal realization: the desire to physically hold and communicate with loved ones who have passed is natural and valid. However, recognizing that the soul continues in a different domain helps reconcile grief with the belief in an ongoing existence. Death is inevitable, but it is not final—it is merely a shift in form.