Two of my favorite Abie Rotenberg songs - Neshomele and Conversation in the Womb

Below are two of my favorite songs by the Orthodox Jewish musician Abie Rotenberg.  

Neshomele is about the life of a Jewish soul and Conversation in the Womb is about two twins discussing what is to come as they are in the womb together.  One baby believes that all there is is the emptiness he sees inside the womb.  It is black and dark and there just doesn't seem to be a future. The other baby believes there is something more than their existence in the womb.  

Today at Temple Israel's Tanach study we did some discussion about Jewish beliefs of the afterlife and, the Jewish soul.  Someone mentioned that there is a Jewish story that a baby in the womb already knows all the story, but once he or she is born, he forgets all of it.  

This reminded me of something I read in one of the Mary Poppins books when I was a child:   

It was when babies turned one years old in the Mary Poppins books that they stopped understanding the animals’ and birds’ languages and no longer fully understood Mary Poppins’ magical world. When Mary Poppins told them that that would happen, they didn’t believe her!  I will never forget that part of the Mary Poppins’ books.  I guess the older Banks children had some understanding since Jane and Michael Banks sure enjoyed being a part of the magical Mary Poppins world in the Disney movie!