For information about the wide variety of Jewish views on what happens after death, see Simcha Paull Raphael's book, Jewish Views of the Afterlife. Raphael, a Reconstructionist rabbi, takes a historical approach to life-after-death theories, exploring the views that predominated in each era of Jewish history.
Preauricular sinus and cyst. A preauricular sinus (also known as a congenital auricular fistula, a congenital preauricular fistula, a Geswein hole, an ear pit, or a preauricular cyst) is a common congenital malformation characterized by a nodule, dent or dimple located anywhere adjacent to the external ear.
Arachnoid Cyst (also called Leptomeningeal Cyst) An arachnoid cyst is an enlarged sphere containing cerebrospinal fluid. Arachnoid cysts are found in the âsubarachnoid spaceâ -- the space between the arachnoid and pia mater layers of the meninges.