I asked Rabbi Perez why it’s so important to bring back the remains of murdered hostages: “A human body is not just a physical entity; it was infused during its life with something godly, soulful, beyond the physical world. By not respecting the body, you are not respecting life, because a body is a receptacle of life, a fusion between heaven and earth … The desecration of the human body is a desecration of God’s name and the spirit and value of life.”
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