Hot answers tagged olam-haba-world-to-come
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Yes. The Talmud (Sanhedrin 105a; Rosh Hashanah 17a; See also Tosefos on Sanhedrin 13b) states that the wicked people of all nations will go to Gehenom (Hell), and that righteous people of all nations, Jew and non-Jew alike, will got to Gan Eden (Heaven).
The Rambam (Maimonides) writes that anyone who has acquired knowledge of God and follows the Sheva ...
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The Rambam in Hilchot Milachim 12:1 says "OLAM KMINHAGO HOLECH." The world will continue as is including electronics.In fact the Chofetz Chaim said that most of today's technology it proves the point for example he said until phones no one could understand how Hashem could hear all so Hashem showed us an example.
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Perhaps we need to start by defining what the word eved means in Judaism anyway. It doesn't necessarily mean slavery or servility; in the Bible it is frequently used of royal ministers (and even in one instance - see the answer I linked - King Rehoboam is advised to "be an eved to the people"). Great figures in Jewish history - Moses, Joshua, David - are ...
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No one is exempt from Halacha. However one that was raised without knowledge is considered a Tinuk Shenishba and is not punished for what he did not know.
Regarding Olam Haba - the Mishna says Kol Yisroel Yesh Lohem Chelek L'Olam Haba - although the commentaries do limit it somewhat - even an educated Jew that breaks Jewish laws - in most instances will ...
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The Rambam (Hilchos Teshuva 9:2:) writes that Moshaich will be a prophet:
[These changes will come about] because the king who will arise from David's descendants will be a greater master of knowledge than Solomon and a great prophet, close to the level of Moses, our teacher.
See also Melachim uMilchamot 12:3, where he writes that Moshaich will have ...
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Me'iri explains that they go directly to Gehenom.
According the Rambam Ramban, after death you either go to Gan Eden or Gehenom. At the time of the final judgment it is decided if you go to Olam Haba, these people do not stop for judgment but remain in Gehenom so as not to increase their punishment.
Yad Ramah's explanation is similar to the Ramban but says ...
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Pirkei deRabbi Eli'ezer is a compilation of midrashim [rabbinic allegory and exegesis], and the dating is questionable but scholars generally assign it to the eighth or ninth century. My reading of that source, though, doesn't say anything about Sheol as a place of cleansing the soul, but simply that Sheol is the lowest of the seven levels of Gehinnom.
As ...
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Avodah Zarah 10b quotes Antoninus as wanting to serve Rabbi in olam haba. Rabbi tells him that descendants of Esav who don't think like Esav are not included in "there won't be a remainder to Esav" (Ovadiah 1:18).
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To the best of my knowledge, the promise that Ephraim and Menashe would become great is the following verse (Bereishis 48:19 from Chabad.org):
יט. וַיְמָאֵן אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר יָדַעְתִּי בְנִי יָדַעְתִּי גַּם הוּא יִהְיֶה לְעָם וְגַם הוּא יִגְדָּל וְאוּלָם אָחִיו הַקָּטֹן יִגְדַּל מִמֶּנּוּ וְזַרְעוֹ יִהְיֶה מְלֹא הַגּוֹיִם׃
19. But his father ...
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In the Messianic era the nations will recognize and facilitate Israel's role as a priestly nation. The imagery used by the Bible suggests servitude, "Foreigners will stand and tend your locks and the sons of the stranger will be you plowmen and your vineyard workers. And you will be called 'priests of Hashem"' "ministers of our G-d" will be said of you. You ...
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Olam Habba can refer to both the reward a person has after he passes away and the ultimate reward the whole world has when Moshiach comes.
According to the Rambam, the order is as follows:
The person passes away and his soul goes to Olam Habba
Moshiach comes and then the soul is resurrected by Techiat HaMeitim.
Eventually, the body will die again and the ...
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The belief in reward and punishment in the afterlife is a fundamental tenet of the Jewish faith (11th Principle of Rambam's 13 Principles of Faith). The earliest references I know of are various references in the Babylonian Talmud. Rosh Hashana 16b-17a attributes the view to Bais Shammai (ca 1st Century C.E.). Rabbi Akiva (ca 40 CE - ca 137 CE) is a bit ...
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There are many different stages according to the Rambam. There is a world where (righteous) people go after they die (some call this 'olam haneshamos'). In this world, there is a time when Mashiach comes, bringing world peace and the rebuilding of the Beis haMikdash, but the world continues running its natural course. At some point, techiyas hamesim will ...
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חיי העולמים - usually refers to this world AND the world to come.
חיי העולם הבא - refers only to the world to come.
We are asking for two separate things, hence the difference in terms used:
The first one is asking for rest and tranquility in this world and the world to come.
The second one is asking for us to merit the coming of Moshiach and the world ...
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The Meiri explains the passage about learning Halachos daily as follows:
ר"ל שאחר ששנה הסוגיא דרך מחקר ומשא ומתן מעלה בידו הראוי לברור דרך פסק
וקובען לעצמו הלכות הלכות, מובטח לו שהוא בן העולם הבא, שעל ידי כך מתישר
בהוראה יפה יפה ונמצא מזכה את הבריות בהוראותיו ואינו מכשילן כשאר
התלמידים שאין נוהגין כן, והיביאוה דרך רמז מדכתיב הליכות עולם לו, אל
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Chagigah 15B - Soncino translation - (emphasis mine):
When Aher died, they said: Let him not be judged, nor let him enter the world to come. Let him
not be judged, because he engaged in the study of the Torah; nor let him enter the world to come,
because he sinned. R. Meir said: It were better that he should be judged and that he should enter the
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The premise of your question is that the Torah should explicitly tell us the purpose of our existence, and since it does not explicitly describe Olam Haba, this raises a difficulty with the claim that Olam Haba is the purpose of our existence.
I don't know what basis there is for your assumption that the Torah should explicitly state the purpose of our ...
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Since Olam Habah is beyond the Torah, as there are no Mitzvos or Aveiros there, and the Torah is only for those that are living on this world therefore there is no mention of Olam Habah in the Torah.
http://www.hidabroot.org/CommunityDetail.asp?FaqID=9822
עולם הבא הוא בעצם עולם שמעבר לתורה. שמה לא מקיימים מצוות ואין אפשרות
לחטוא בעברות, כמו שחכמים ...
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Here is a good place to start:
http://www.jewswithquestions.com/index.php?/topic/660-source-for-reward-and-punishment-in-the-next-world/
I asked Rabbi Shapiro of Basewater what is the source in scripture or otherwise for the world to come.
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The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains that there are three different levels:
"Olam Haboh" as in where a person goes after passing away. To be worthy of this level one must fulfill certain conditions (Mi yaaleh bhar Hashem, Nki Kapaim ubar Levav).
"Mashiach's times" which all Jews will merit, but there will be differences in levels.
"the world of resurrection" ...
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According to the statements of Rabbah in the name of Rabbi Yochanan (TB Bava Batra 75a) there are different categories of tzaddikim in the future.
For example:
אמר רבה א"ר יוחנן עתיד הקב"ה לעשות סוכה לצדיקים מעורו של לויתן שנא' התמלא בסוכות עורו זכה עושין לו סוכה לא זכה עושין לו צלצל שנאמר ובצלצל דגים ראשו זכה עושין לו צלצל לא זכה עושין לו ענק שנאמר וענקים ...
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The Rambam holds, I think, as said before, Olam Haba is after one dies. At some point Moshiach comes to this world, and then there is Techiyas Hamaisim. However, your question then was well if thats the case, what is the purpose of Techiyas Hamaisim? Which is a great question regardless of the order... One answer I heard is that one of the disadvantages of ...
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