Questions tagged [olam-haba-world-to-come]
Questions pertaining to Olam Haba - The World to Come
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Maharal on Eruv Tavshilin
I'm trying to find a Maharal on Eruv Tavshilin in which he explains that olam hazeh (this world) is symbolized by the regular weekday embodied in erev yom tov (the eve of the holiday) in which one "...
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In the afterlife, will the person's embarrassing moment be revealed before everyone?
Shalom!
Is it true that in the afterlife, there will be video tapes played in front of everyone, showing our most embarrassing and most shameful acts that we've committed in this lifetime?
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Incorporeal Resurrection
I was under the impression that, in contrast to Maimonides' distinction between techiyath hameithim (resurrection of the dead) and olam haba (the world to come), those Medieval/Renaissance period ...
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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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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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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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Karet and No Share in ha'olam Haba
What is the difference between a person who died without doing teshuva on his sins on Karet, Eternal gehinnom and having no share in the world to come?
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Will Olam Haba eventually end?
I heard a while back that according to the kabalists, there is a big dispute whether Olam Haba is forever or whether it will eventually end and all the souls will cease to exist as hinted in the verse ...
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Why was Chizqia losing Olam Haba?
Talmud Berachot 10a tells the discussion between Yeshaya and Chizqia about children:
מת אתה בעולם הזה ולא תחיה לעולם הבא! אמר לו מאי כולי האי?! אמר לו משום דלא עסקת בפריה ורביה. אמר לו וכולי
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What is the origin of "Olam Haba"?
I believe that the Talmud is the first place where the notion of Olam Haba - The world to come - is mentioned. This question explains why it is not mentioned in the Torah but doesn't quite explain how ...
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Our relation relationship with Hashem
Avos states, "Do not be as servants who are serving the master in order to receive a reward, rather be as servants who are serving the master not in order to receive a reward."
Yet, Mesillas Yesharim ...
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What is the source for Rambam's thirteen principles?
What is the Rambam source for the thirteen principles, brought in his interpretation of the Mishna Sanhedrin 10:1?
By that I mean what is his source that without these principles one does not go to ...
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Women in the world to come - united or separated?
The Gemmorah in Taanit 33a says:
"אמר עולא ביראה אמר רבי אלעזר עתיד הקדוש ברוך הוא לעשות מחול לצדיקים והוא יושב ביניהם בגן עדן וכל אחד ואחד מראה באצבעו וכו'"
Ulla of the city of Bira’a said ...
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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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How do we know the maternal line is pure?
This question may seem abstract and strange, but it is genuine.
We obviously don't have ketubot of every marriage and certificates of every conversion, but yet, our assumption is that the Jewish ...
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Do animals have a share in the world to come? [duplicate]
Is it stated anywhere what happens to animals when they die? I think it is stated somewhere they have no share in the world to come, so what happens to them after they die? This topic interests me ...
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Marriage in the world to come? [duplicate]
As I understand it, in Judaism the soul waits in gan eden until the messiah comes and the people are resurrected ushering in the era of the messiah. Will there be marriage in the world to come during ...
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Do goyim have to follow the Mosaic law, or only the Noachide?
Does a gentile who wishes to convert to Judaism have to follow the Mosaic law (addressed to Israel) or only the Noachide law (addressed to all humanity). I ask this question due to the apparent ...
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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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How can using the bathroom be equated to the pleasure of the afterlife?
There are three things which are a taste of the World to Come: Shabbat, the sun, and “usage.” What does “usage” mean? Usage of the bed [i.e. marital relations]? But that weakens the body. Rather it ...
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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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Do good christians go to heaven when they die (Gan Eden)? [duplicate]
Will Christians have a share in the world to come if they truly did not know that Judaism was true, and were brought up with Jesus their whole lives? And can that same concept be applied to atheist as ...
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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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Rambam's View on Attaining Olam Haba with One Mitzvah
The last Mishnah in Maseches Makkos states that God wanted to benefit Israel so He gave them many mitzvos.
ר' חנניה בן עקשיה אומר רצה הקב"ה לזכות את ישראל לפיכך הרבה להן תורה
ומצות שנ' ה' חפץ ...
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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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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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Which religious texts cause some Jews to focus and worship the material gains in this life (creation) rather than to Hashem (the creator)? [closed]
Please see this article in Asbury Park Press regarding welfare fraud by rabbis.
Also, years ago when Christy was a NJ state prosecutor there was another roundup of rabbis in a New Jersey corruption ...
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How to write לע''נ when the father is alive
I understand that usually you write:
לע''נ
Joe
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Shmo
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when you dedicate something in honer of someone who passed away
But if the father is alive would you do still the same? Sources please
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What Currency will the Messiah introduce in the Messianic Age? [closed]
Does anyone know what the currency will the Messiah introduce in the Messianic era?
Is there such a thing as "the original Torah currency"? And does anyone mention switching to this currency?
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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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Why are there two worlds separate from one another
HaShem created an Olam HaZeh/Yemos HaMashiach/Le'asid Lavo world, and He also created an Olam Haba/Gan Eden world.
Why is it necessary to have two worlds that do not interact with each other? What ...
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In what sense will the world to come be a Shabbat?
In Birkat Hamazon, we (Ashkenazim...I haven't looked at other texts) add a line on Shabbat, "הַרָחֲמָן הוּא יַנְחִילֵנוּ יוֹם שֶׁכֻּלוֹ שַׁבָּת וּמְנוּחָה לְחַיֵּי הָעוֹלָמִים" which translates to "...
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God is just, but is this world just in itself or when combined with the world to come?
To expand,
God is just and thus everything that happens is just. But does justice fully manifest itself in this world or a combination of this world and the world to come?
For example if a 3 month ...
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Learning Halacha
The Mishnah Berurah (155:3) states that one is obligated on a daily basis to learn halacha and the Gemara (Megillah 28b and Niddah 73a) says, "Whoever learns halachos is assured that he is destined ...
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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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Reward of Olam Haba?
The Mesilat Yesharim (ch.4) quotes the Talmud (Bava Batra 75b) which says in Olam Haba (the World to Come) every person will be singed by the chupah (canopy) of his fellow, an analogy referring to the ...
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Do women study Torah in the afterlife?
Chazal are replete with stories about the Yeshiva Shel Maala (heavenly yeshiva) whereby the souls of the righteous deceased study Torah.
What do women do in the afterlife? Is there also a similar ...
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What's wrong Letzanut?
The Talmud in Sotah 42 says four groups do not receive the Shechina (divine presence) in the next world. One of these is the group of "letzim" (jesters).
What is considered bad letzanut? I assume ...
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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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Promising someone Paradise
In Avoda Zarah 18a:
The Executioner then said to him (Rabbi Chanina ben Tradyon), 'Rabbi,
if I raise the flame and take away the tufts of wool from over your
heart, will you bring me into the ...
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Will homosexuality be granted in Heaven for those who have been patient?
I'm a woman who happened to be one of those who are born attracted to their same gender. But, I'm a strong follower of Judaism and I love Hashem a lot! Therefore I suppress all my desires for the sake ...
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Paradise is within us?
I heard Rabbi David Wolpe say in a debate something like:
The Talmud says 'You assume that the sages are in paradise but it is not so. In fact, paradise is in the sages.'
Could someone tell me more ...
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will there be plants and animals in olam haba? [closed]
In the future eternal world of Olam Haba (i.e. the final destination following the resurrection of the dead as explained here) according to the opinions that the body and soul will be reunited, will ...
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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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Why are we here if the chances are zero [closed]
A somewhat philosophical question (based on a saying by Albert Einstein):
If God existed eternally and Olam Haba is infinite in time and this world is finite in time duration, then the chances of one ...
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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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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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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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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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