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Jewish Near-Death Experiences

Life After Life: Lesson 3

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Jewish Near-Death Experiences: Life After Life: Lesson 3

Are Jewish near-death experiences somehow unique? Hear several amazing stories of Jewish people’s accounts of their own NDEs.
Nomi Freeman is the daughter of the renowned Argentinian Kabbalist Professor Avraham Polichenco, of blessed memory. She is well known for her seminars on spirituality and Jewish mysticism. Mrs. Freeman has lectured extensively in Canada and abroad. Contact her here for lecture engagements.
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Larry W New York June 5, 2023

I find the comments here and other comments from non-Jews who experience similar love proof that G-d himself loves all of us and that ones deeds are paramount to the happiness that our souls are capable of experiencing through eternity regardless of the faith we are born into. The Mitzvot in Torah is the Jewish Connection to G-d...but very similar Mitzvot can be seen in the spiritual texts of non-Jewish people.

I am also gravitated to the importance of how other perceive our love.

Thanks for posting Reply

Tova Gaisin Thornhill September 29, 2022

Nomi Freedman interviewed me and did an article in Ami magazine- I had a NDE in 2001 since the article came out my life has changed immeasurably! I became a B’aal T’shuvah and had another NDE but both times I felt HaShem’s presence! Nomi had helped me process a lot of information and I realized I was not crazy!! I appreciate her diligence and thoroughness! Nomi would love to talk again! I have shared the story she wrote with many people! Toda Raba Reply

anonymous September 30, 2022
in response to Tova Gaisin:

can you type out your NDE here so I can read it Reply

anonymous October 1, 2022
in response to Tova Gaisin:

what is the link to the article? Reply

Tova Gaisin Gaisin October 1, 2022
in response to anonymous:

Reach out to me on LinkedIn or Google me! You can find me and I will share with you!! Reply

anonymous October 5, 2022
in response to Tova Gaisin:

I don't have an account haha. Do you want to post the link on here? Reply

Jay New York June 3, 2021

Similar experience to my two NDE’s. The nde is more real than real life. The key takeaway is the brain is simply a filter that blocks the reality that is viewable when the brain filter goes away. I also had a feeling of perfect love from a light. When I came back I knew that the perfect love is not available with the brain filter. The best I can do is build a strong and loving family so I can have a taste of the white light until my time is up and I get the real taste again. Reply

Michael Scotland January 17, 2021

I'm not Jewish, raised strict Catholic, believe in something but not sure what. Feel guided today to this site and this lesson in particular because I was discussing my NDE with my my son a couple of days ago and the reason why the NDE happened.
My NDE happened on Easter Sunday 1999 as a result of an attempted suicide by hanging from a tree in my garden, the rope wasn't round my neck for a quick result and I was left slowly strangling for around 5 minutes. My wife cut me down as she intuitively knew something was wrong and found me.
The NDE was a long, long event of what felt like hours, days even, I was in the company of a dark haired woman with whom I felt loved, understood and safe. travelled around fields I played in during my childhood, my schools and made it as far as the path to the front door of my childhood home before suddenly 'landing' back to earth surrounded by emergency services people at the foot of the tree.
This is only the second time I have spoken about this. Reply

B SAN DIEGO January 4, 2021

Hi Noma,

Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful stories. I was wondering if you could share the full name of the Rabbi who traveled to Israel from Toronto in your story about the elderly teacher?

Thank you so much! Reply

Anonymous Brooklyn NY November 23, 2020

Hi, I don't have a lot to do with Chabad, I'm FFB, however i often browse through your website and i think it's incredible. Thank you. I'm only 18 years old. I had a near death experience 6 years ago-(I was very sick... in septic shock...). Bright light... a very positive experience. I had a very very difficult time adjusting to society afterward. Didn't want to come back to say the least. Can't wait to get up there again. I discovered your website when trying to find more frum Jews who've had near death experiences. I'm wondering if there are others out there with a similar story and background.
Thank you so much. Reply

Shalom November 24, 2020
in response to Anonymous:

Hi! I am interested in hearing your NDE. Reply

anonymous June 3, 2021
in response to Anonymous:

will you tell us about your NDE? Reply

Anonymous October 1, 2022
in response to anonymous:

I'm so afraid to talk about it. Don't you feel like no one will believe it? Also, it happened 8 years ago. Though for me it's real as if it happened today, I'm so afraid of people's reactions I never even told my family. Reply

anonymous October 1, 2022
in response to Anonymous :

Will you type it on here anonymously? Reply

anonymous October 19, 2022
in response to Anonymous :

To answer your questions, no, I think some people will believe it. Sure there might be some people on this planet who wouldn't, but there are always people on this planet who won't believe something, and people who will believe something. I personally will believe that it happened to you, and that you experienced it. I don't know your family and I don't know what you experienced, so I don't know what they would say. After I hear your experience maybe I will be able to better answer that question. If what you experienced is aligned with judaism, I will believe it's true, but if you saw idols from other religions and they told you something anti-Torah or something like that, I won't believe it's true. I would like to hear what you saw though! Reply

Donn S Gross Caldwell November 17, 2020

Folks, in Israel they are starting an IANDS chapter. If you would like to contact them and give them your story about a Jewish NDE, that would be great. Reply

Donn S Gross Caldwell October 8, 2020

This is an excellent account I just heard:

Look it up on youtube
My Story - My Near Death Experience - Boruch Rumann Reply

anonymous January 5, 2021
in response to Donn S Gross:

chabad should post this video to their front page Reply

anonymous October 2, 2020

have you heard any new jewish NDE stories? If so, can we hear them? Do you have a website? Reply

Nomi Freeman October 8, 2020
in response to anonymous:

I do. I don’t have a website at this time.
I’m not able to post all the new NDE stories.
You may contact me by email through Chabad.org. Please include your full name. Reply

Anonymous October 8, 2020
in response to Nomi Freeman:

Ok. Is there any that you can post? Or somewhere else where they are already posted where I can read them? Reply

Anonymous Michigan November 2, 2019

I had an NDE in 2008. What I remember was in five distinct what I refer to as experiences. I say experiences in that it felt as I had not died, it felt very real. I was not born nor raised Jewish, however in one of the experiences I was in a shul sanctuary. It was candle light and Hebrew letters floating in the air around me. Specifically the letters אהלא stood out the most. This was following experiences where I was in other seemingly physical places, one a house with an old man staring at me. There was a snake in the floor moving towards me, there was across from me and a revolver next to me. He seemed to want to help me. He did not though, I could not speak or move. No matter how hard I tried I could not reach for the gun, I could not speak any words, only thought. I don't have enough space to type everything. That is some of it, I don't typically talk openly of it and I don't know why I felt the need now. I have been attempting to understand it for years. Any insights? Reply

Ariella Fishman Texas July 26, 2019

I died as a child. Was gone for an hour. It changed me deeply. There is so much to share with others. Reply

Anonymous August 14, 2018

NDE Joe

I had an NDE. Felt myself leave my body and float towards light through a fast moving tunnel. It took me many years to recover since my soul didn’t want to be back in my body. Reply

Mark USA June 19, 2018

I've never had a NDE but I have spent many years trying to find God. I searched many religions, I strayed a lot, but in my heart, there has always been this small set of "rules" and interestingly they line up with the ten commandments. I have known right from wrong even from my first memories. I always knew that there is a God and that God really loves us. The question was, which God is the right God? Are any religions correct? Was I just hallucinating? I had to find out. God was patient and gently guided me whenever I strayed and showed me his unconditional love. I recently came to a conclusion that Judaism is the correct religion and that the God of the Jews is the correct God. Ever since I feel at peace. I want to obey this incredibly loving and forgiving God. Even as I write this, my eyes are watery. God doesn't always work in obvious ways, many times, it's very subtle, but you know it is God's work if you pay attention. Reply

Jeremy Stack Everett January 30, 2018

I had an nde. Changed my life Reply

Rabbi Donn Gross February 1, 2018
in response to Jeremy Stack:

I'd be very interested to hear about it, if you'd like to share.

I can be reached at RabbiDonnGross @ gmail Reply

Chaia NY September 25, 2016

Nde I am reading about people's experiences with ndes and I'm fascinated by it. Hopefully this is real because I'm not well and would like to think that after this life despite what I've done I may be in a wonderful place instead of being beaten by demons as I heard from one Jewish women's account. It's difficult to think of the end when you imagine horror but if there's beauty we would not be afraid of the end Reply

Rebecca NC January 28, 2020
in response to Chaia:

I fell in love with G-d reading the books of the prophets. Follow Him as He reveals Himself to you. He has written eternity on our hearts. He wants for us to draw near to Him even more than we in our human frailty could ever desire or love Him. Reply

Anonymous Texas February 14, 2016

I had a ND at three weeks I have always sensed the spiritual world I had another ND at 35 no near death experience but now mynspiritual connection is like a door I can open or close. Never saw "the other "side" that I remember but My favorite movie is Defending Your Life with Meryl Streep sounds like your experiences. I sense the movie is one aspect of what happens. I also am certain of reincarnation. Reply

Julie Smith Sydney August 16, 2014

This was fascinating, thank you. I would love to chat to you one day, but I'm in Sydney. What a wonderful message from your father. I was told a similar thing in the experience I had - not a NDE. May we be ready when the day comes. Reply

M. Friedman July 23, 2014

NDE After studying thanatology and a tremendous amount of additional reading about NDE, I can only conclude that the experiences are very similar (regardless of religious affiliation).
However, the individuals "belief structure" helps guide them with comfort through the NDE.
Hopefully, this makes sense to those who read it. Reply

Anonymous Indiana,USA July 2, 2014

An NDE Connection to the Future I am Jewish and experienced an NDE when my son was 6 years old. The NDE has something to do with a purpose for my son. As time passed, I then experienced the death of my 28 year old son. He was living in Israel when he died. Many of his friends kept going to an Orthodox Rabbi in Jerusalem to question why such a person dies. He was the kind of person that always helped people and brought joy into a room. Finally this Rabbi in Jerusalem went to a Chabad Center in Jerusalem. As he walked in an old Chassidic Rabbi grab his arm and said ,"your here about the boy,come we need to talk. And they did talk. He knew about me, my son's father and everything about my son. We were told that my son had reach the highest level in heaven. And he was the Rabbi's mentor and was the highest level mentor the Rabbi had ever had. The Orthodox Rabbi ask what my son mentored to the Rabbi ."About the tomorrows to come" was one answer. Your presentation was helpful to my understanding. Reply

Anonymous Tucson May 9, 2014

My NDE similar. very interesting, I too had the same experience, in my NDE my soul was declared Jewish and god promised that my children would be taken in by the Chabad community and not to worry they would be taught in those ways after I die. I was laying on my back crying saying thank you, I felt comfort and as I prepared to go over to the other side, or was there already many Jewish people from Chabad came in a group and I felt a bright light hit my forehead. God repaired my body and let me come back for my children. I am not religious and I've never "been Jewish", but I started to light the candles because of what I saw and heard, (far too much to write) I visited this Chabad page only because I had this strange NDE when I have never been affiliated with Chabad, never knew god existed for certain until NDE. I am not into organized religion but I have a special feeling for Chabad now that im humiliated about because people think I might have gone crazy, but cant ignore my life given back to me. Reply

John Smith Canonsburg April 11, 2020
in response to Anonymous:

THANK YOU for sharing! Sam Pittsburgh 4/11/20 Reply