The ancient rabbinic assertion that "death is good" (tov mavet) presents a striking theological paradox for Jewish thought, challenging traditional eschatological beliefs in the "death of death" while resonating with modern ecological understanding. Through textual analysis of biblical, rabbinic, and kabbalistic sources, alongside contemporary Jewish theological works, this investigation explores whether immortality truly represents Judaism's ultimate theological goal, or if mortality serves essential creative functions within divine design. The research methodology combines close reading of classical Jewish texts with modern environmental theology and bioethical discourse, drawing particularly on Hans Jonas, Leon Kass, and Jewish theologians Irving Greenberg and Neil Gillman. The kabbalistic concept of the "Other Side" (sitra achra) provides a framework for distinguishing between natural processes of "creative destruction" necessary for ecological balance and human-caused evil that distorts these processes. While traditional resurrection theology addresses vital concerns about divine justice and human dignity, an ecological theology must also acknowledge the blessing inherent in mortality's role in ongoing creation. Both perspectives—the burden and blessing of mortality—constitute valid Jewish theological responses, with the ecological view offering necessary correctives to anthropocentric theology and technological hubris. This synthesis proposes a more nuanced understanding of death that honors both traditional Jewish values and environmental responsibility.