Jewish views on suicide are mixed. In certain orthodoxies, suicide is forbidden by Jewish law. Judaism in the past viewed suicide as a sin. However, modern Judaism largely departs from this viewpoint (of suicide as sin) and instead recognizes the act as more akin to a death by a disease or disorder (except in cases of purposeful assisted suicide). Suicide is not expressly forbidden in the Talmud, and rabbinical scholars (certainly in the reformed movements) command compassion both for the deceased and the survivors.