Questions tagged [olam-haba-world-to-come]
Questions pertaining to Olam Haba - The World to Come
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Non-Jews (Gentiles) in Olam Haba (Jewish Afterlife)?
Are there non-Jews in Olam Haba (the world to come), either in Gehenom (Hell) or Gan Eden (Heaven)?
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Rambam on Olam Haba, Mashiach, and Techiyat haMeitim
Could somebody explain to me briefly what the Rambam's opinion is about the sequence of events with Olam HaBa, the Mashiach and Techiyat haMeitim?
It seems that he's saying that when a person dies ...
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Guaranteed olam haba?
Certain practices such as learning halachot daily or reciting ashrei three times a day are supposed to guarantee a person a place in olam haba. How exactly does this work? Can a person be an evil ...
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Why is there no description of Olam Haba in the Torah?
According to the beginning of the Mesilas Yesharim, the entire purpose of creation is for man to merit Olam Haba (the bliss of the next world).
If so, why is there no mention nor description of Olam ...
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What will happen prior and after the End of Days?
What will happen prior and after the End of Days?
What are the stages leading up to this moment and what kind of events or happenings do they contain?
I try to get a clear view on the Jewish view ...
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Non-Orthodox converts and Olam Ha-Ba
Would a Gentile who converted through a non-orthodox movement be judged as a Gentile or a Jew in Olam Ha-Ba?
In regards to the judgement, would his/her action of converting and living a "Jewish" ...
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On the nature of 'Olam HaBa'
I have read that Olam HaBa is an idyllic state in which the world will exist after the Moshiach arrives. Is this correct?
But I've also read that Olam HaBa is only for the righteous of all nations, ...
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Does fulfilling the Seven Commandment of Bnei Noach depend on belief in the torah?
theTalmud in Sanhedrin 105a states that "Righteous people of all nations have a share in the world to come" provided they observe the seven commandments of bnei noach.
Does this reward necessitate ...
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Is serving Hashem in order to receive reward in Olam Habah ideal?
משנה אבות פרק א משנה ג
אַל תִּהְיוּ כַעֲבָדִים הַמְשַׁמְּשִׁין אֶת הָרַב עַל מְנָת לְקַבֵּל
פְּרָס, אֶלָּא הֱווּ כַעֲבָדִים הַמְשַׁמְּשִׁין אֶת הָרַב שֶׁלֹּא עַל
מְנָת לְקַבֵּל פְּרָס, וִיהִי ...
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Source for a story: Rambam paskening people out of heaven
I'm sorry to ask a source-seeking question (because I don't like seeing them myself), but I'm at a loss here in trying to find what I think is a theologically important Hassidic story. The story goes ...
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References to resurrection and the afterlife in the Jewish Bible?
I am a Christian and have been studying what we call the Old Testament, and been surprised to have difficulty to find a reference to afterlife in the Jewish books of the Christian Canon. I know that ...
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Will Moshiach identify Jews currently thought to be non-Jews?
The Rambam writes in Malachim 10:2:
ואינו בא לא לטמא הטהור. ולא לטהר הטמא. ולא לפסול אנשים שהם בחזקת כשרות. ולא להכשיר מי שהוחזקו פסולין. אלא לשום שלום בעולם.
[Eliyahu] is not coming to make impure ...
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What is the earliest commentary we have that recognized Hell as a place for cleansing the soul?
I am trying to determine the most ancient extant source for the concept of Hell as a place of spiritual cleansing. Regardless of what term you use for it (etc. ,גיא בן הינום, שְׁאוֹל), I understand ...
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Why does G-d reward reshaim in this world to punish them in the next, if He is good? [duplicate]
The question of "Why do some reshaim people live a good life, while some good people suffer" is often answered that G-d rewards the rasha in this world, in order to punish him in the world to come for ...
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Paskening Shlomo out of Shamayim?
R' Yehudah tells us in the name of Shmuel (Sanhedrin 104b) that the Anshei Kenesses HaGedolah wanted to include Shlomo HaMelech on the list of kings who lost their portion of Olam Haba. An image of ...
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What are Sifrei Minim today?
In Sanhedrin 100b: Rabbi Akivah says "Even one who reads foreign Seforim (has no chelek in Olam Haba)". Beraitha there: "He refers to Sifrei Tzedukim" (or "Sifrei Minim" ...
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Validity to the saying that 3 shidduchim guarantee a place in olam haba?
This question discusses the idea that certain practices (e.g., saying ashrei yoshvei [Tehilim 145] three times a day) guarantees a place in olam haba.
One common saying is that facilitating 3 ...
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Olam Haba depends on how you treat your wife
I have heard in the name of Rabbi Chaim Vital that one's olam haba depends largely on how he treated his wife.
anyone know the source (if any) of this statement and what is the logic behind it.
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Rambam's view of worship in order to attain olam haba
Rambam writes in Hilchos Teshuva 8:3 referring to Olam Haba:
וזהו השכר שאין שכר למעלה ממנו והטובה שאין אחריה טובה והיא שהתאוו לה כל
הנביאים
This is the reward above which there is no higher ...
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How does Judaism prove the existence of the life of the world to come?
I have three questions:
What is the basis for the Jewish belief in the World to Come?
What human traits does Judaism consider reflect the possession of an eternal soul?
What purpose(s) is/are served ...
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Bodily or spiritual resurrection?
When, exactly, do we transition from physical, bodily resurrection after death, to a purely spiritual existence, with no body?
On the one hand, we are taught the following order of events: The ...
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The time periods of the Acharit HaYamim?
Could someone please explain me the concepts of the following terms?
What do the different periods in time refer to and stand for?
- Olam Hazeh
(Acharit HaYamim)
- Olam Haba
- Yemot HaMashiach
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Will people have the capacity to act out of free will in the next world?
The next world/techias hameisim/any world after that- is a place to receive sechar for the work done in this world. I was wondering if in any of these worlds people will have free will (more ...
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Man's Duty in this World
According to Judaism, what is man's duty in this world, and what should man's goal in life be?
Is our goal to fulfill G0d's commandments, which will earn us a place in Olam Haba, or is our goal merely ...
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What Happens to People Who Don't Have a Portion in Olam Haba?
The last perek of Sanhedrin lists some people who have no share in Olam Haba. Other people who forfeit their share are discussed in the answers to this question: No Olam Habah for these?
My question ...
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Intrinsic reasons for being observant
If a person doesn't care much about the reward in Olam Habah, what reasons does he have for being religious (learning torah and observing the mitzvot)?
As a parable, a businessman might not care ...
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Can a person sell their portion in heaven?
Can a person sell their portion in olam haba (heaven)? Is the sale valid and binding?
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Will reading Questions and Answers on Mi Yodeya gain a Jew entrance into Olam Haba?
"One who learns Halachos every day is a Ben Olam Haba" (Babylonian Talmud Niddah 73a)
If a Jew reads the halachic questions and answers on this forum everyday, does that guarantee he or she will ...
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Source that we don't know how God judges people
I wrote in this answer, "We can't possibly know how God judges people after they die." I was making the point that the way we live our lives should be according to halacha but we can't possibly know ...
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What are the "four worlds" in Kabbalah?
A friend told me something about there being "four worlds" in Judaism. I think he was referencing something about Kabbalah (though I'm far from an expert at that). I was wondering:
What are these "...
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Does Techiyat Hameisim, resurrection, apply to Non-Jews as well?
Will righteous non-jews also partake in Techiyat Hameisim, resurrection? Will they be brought back to life in the time of the Mashiach?
Will Noach? Abraham? Malki-Tzedek? Shem? etc.
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will the average person make it into Olam Haba
will the average Jew who presumably has a big accumulated package of sins and also a big package of good deeds make it into Olam Haba?
is there a minimum requirement for one to "get in"?
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Are the ignorant/uneducated exempt from halacha?
Are the ignorant/uneducated (Jews) exempt from following halacha? Do they have a share in the world to come even if they break Jewish law or are apikores?
I am led to believe that the answer is, more ...
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What do chazal mean when they guarantee someone Olam Habah? [duplicate]
What does it mean when the Gemara guarantees a person Olam Habah for doing a certain deed (for example saying Ashrei three times a day)? How is it different from any other good deed that one does?
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Sitting in the Succah of Whale skin in the world to come?
Please explain the following Gemmorah:
ואמר רבה א"ר יוחנן עתיד הקב"ה לעשות סוכה לצדיקים מעורו של לויתן
And Rabba says that Rabbi Yoḥanan says: In the future, the Holy One, Blessed be He, will ...
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Death After Resurrection?
This question is in reference to the question and answer given here
After the resurrection of the dead, will those who resurrected die again?
If so:
Why then do the dead resurrect?
And where or what ...
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What is a person's consciousness in the next world?
I have heard in the name of the baalei mussar that the same consciousness you have in this world carries through to the next. In other words the same "I" that you relate to in this world remains the ...
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Do the Rabbanim know more than King Solomon about the reality of post-death?
I believe it's accepted in the mainstream that Kohelet is authored by King Solomon in his wisdom.
In it, he writes:
19- For there is a happening for the children of men, and there is a happening ...
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Giving away olam haba to save someone's life
In the book about Reb Aryeh Levin, "A Tzaddik In Our Time," (by Simcha Raz), Reb Aryeh says that he learned a lesson about self-sacrifice (messirut nefesh) from 2 students of the Vilna Gaon who were ...
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Is there anyway to know that Hashem has forgiven you for good?
I am not asking here if Hashem Most High forgives you for a sin you committed, what I am asking is: is there anyway to know that Hashem has forgiven you for good so no matter what happens rest of your ...
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Does calling someone by a nickname remove one's share in the world to come?
The Mishnah states that someone who calls one by a nickname others have given him has no share in the world to come. What exactly does this mean? How is this defined? Can you not call your friend by a ...
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Do we get to be with our wife after we die?
After we die, do we get to be one with our wife that we married here and love her still? Or does that go away?
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Is there a halachic difference between the "tzadikei" ("righteous") and the "chasidei" ("pious") umot ha Olam?
I am an Italian Noahide.
Rambam, in his Mishneh Torah, says that the "pious among the Nations" ("chasidei umot ha Olam") have part in the World to Come (Hilchot Teshuvah 3:5; ...
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Why King Solomon wasn't worthy of a share in Olam Haba? [duplicate]
In Sanhedrin 104, the members of the Great Assembly decided that Shlomo does not deserve a share in the World to Come.
[Sages enumerated a list of kings that do not deserve a share in Olam Habah] Rav ...
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Why did Sanhedrin deal with who has a share in Olam Habah?
The Gemmorah (Sanhedrin 104b) describes that the members of the Great Assembly dealt with the question of who does or does not deserve a share in the World to Come.
As they demonstratively disagreed ...
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Giving your z'chus to someone else
B"H, I did - or almost did - a good deed. (It will be finalized bez"H in a mazeldiker shoh.) However, when I found out a few months ago that a good result from my actions was on the horizon, I decided ...
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Can one's merits or one's part in the World To Come be traded?
Say, someone is very afraid of his sins and the future punishment in Afterdeath. However, he did a lot of Mitzvos also and he's promised a part in the WTC as all Jews are.
Can he trade in the ...
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