Questions tagged [reward-punishment]
The concept of reward and punishment in Judaism- theologically, halachically, and philosophically
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Does the hell exist? [duplicate]
Does the hell exist? As in the book of Isaiah, there is a reference to "fire" that is not "quenched".
Isaiah 66:24
"And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have ...
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What if the wicked son didn’t know better?
We say at the Seder:
רָשָׁע מָה הוּא אוֹמֵר? מָה הָעֲבוֹדָה הַזּאֹת לָכֶם. לָכֶם – וְלֹא לוֹ. וּלְפִי שֶׁהוֹצִיא אֶת עַצְמוֹ מִן הַכְּלָל כָּפַר בְּעִקָּר. וְאַף אַתָּה הַקְהֵה אֶת שִׁנָּיו ...
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Does God care about things that don't affect the Jews?
There is a trope in Judaism that God smites even the greatest Empires when they oppress the Jews.
Does God ever smite nations that are wicked to other non-Jews?
We do have the example of Sodom, but ...
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Cursing Adam and Eve in addition to punishment?
When Adam was commanded not to eat from the tree of knowledge, G-d presented him with the punishment (Ber 2.17):
וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ ...
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How can Kares be greater than execution by beis din (and also eternal according to R' Kapach)?
In this exposition of what kares means, the following view is quoted:
[...] R. Yosef Kafach (Mishneh Torah, Hilkhos Teshuvah ch. 8 n. 4) offers a different interpretation. He suggests that the ...
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Is kares a greater punishment than capital punishment, or vice versa?
In many cases (e.g., no warning, no witnesses) a capital crime is not punished by a beis din, but instead the offender gets kares. Let's assume for the purposes of this question that kares includes ...
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Which sins are beyond punishment?
Yishai said in a comment elsewhere on this forum :
It has been pointed out in Rishonim that some sins are so bad they
can't get a punishment - because the punishment creates forgiveness,
but ...
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Why are future generations still paying for the sin of the Golden Calf?
Parshas Ki Tisa recounts the episode of the golden calf, and the immediate punishment that was meted out for the sin. In addition to this, Rashi on Shemos 32:34 (quoting Sanhedrin 102a ) writes:
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Is a sin only counted if it was committed three times or more?
According to the Rambam (Teshuvah 3,5):
"בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁשּׁוֹקְלִין עֲוֹנוֹת אָדָם עִם זְכֻיּוֹתָיו אֵין מְחַשְּׁבִין עָלָיו עָוֹן שֶׁחָטָא בּוֹ תְּחִלָּה וְלֹא שֵׁנִי אֶלָּא מִשְּׁלִישִׁי וְאֵילָךְ."...
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Does Hashem reward you for keeping negative mitzvot?
Does Hashem reward you for keeping negative mitzvot or only punishes for trangressions?
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Does a Ben Noach, who keeps the seven mitzvot but has bad hashkafah, get punished by Hashem?
Does a Ben Noach, who keeps the seven mitzvot but has bad Hashkafah, get punished by Hashem?
For example, if the B'nei Noach says things that are kefira for a Jew like saying that the Oral Torah is ...
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The purpose of punishment in the Afterlife
This follows my previous question "can-one's-merits-in-the-world-to-come-be-traded"
In my humble understanding, the general purpose of punishment is to make someone better, to make a person change, ...
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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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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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Why does the Torah not include jail as punishment? [duplicate]
The Torah does not include jail as punishment for transgressions. Death, flogging, fines, shunning, yes, but not jail. Do our sources comment on that? Where?
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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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Reward for saying Asher Yatzar
Is saying Asher Yatzar, the blessing after using the bathroom, something that one will get rewarded for? Will one get rewarded for each time he said Asher Yatzar?
Please cite sources.
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Even though “ayn shliach l'dvar aveirah” does the person who sent him also get a punishment?
The Mishnah in Bava Kamma 59a tells us that if Reuven sent a חרש שוטה וקטן (a person who does not understand the repercussions of his actions or under Bar Mitzva) to do a destructive action e.g ...
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Benefits of and punishments for Shabbat
I really wish to know with sources what are the benefits or rewards of observing Shabbat and what are the punishments for someone who desecrates it. Furthermore, what are the disadvantages of being a ...
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Why should we be punished for Adam's sin?
My kid asked:
I understand that Adam and Eve violated God's command by eating from the tree of knowledge and thus deserved punishment: as described in Genesis, Adam would have to work for his food ...
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Are gentiles obligated to fear Hashem (or at least fear punishment)?
As Jews we are commanded to fear Hashem and fear punishment to help us avoid sinning.
See Chinuch 432 for example:
ונוהגת מצוה זו בכל מקום ובכל זמן ובכל מין האדם, וזאת אחת מן המצות התמידיות על ...
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Is there any reward for the intent or attempt to do a mitzvah?
As per the title, does one earn any reward/s'char for the attempt (or even just the intent) to perform a mitzvah?
This evening, we all piled out of shul to say Kiddush Levana only to find that the ...
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Torah Study in English
Will one receive the reward of Learning Torah if they read the Tanach, Gemara, Shulchan Aruch, etc. in English if English is their mother tongue? Please cite sources.
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Judaism's view of pagans/polytheists [duplicate]
How does Judaism view pagans or polytheists? Will they be burnt in hell for eternity like what Christianity and Islam say?
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Reward for keeping Minhagim and Chumros
Over the years many Chumros and Minhagim have been created. For example, waiting 6 hours between meat and milk for Ashkenazim. Or not eating gebrochts on Pesach. So if it is a Minhag that cannot be ...
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Implications of “According to Your fear is Your anger” (“כיראתך עברתך”)
It says in Tehillim 90 (a chapter attributed to Moshe Rabbeinu, if that affects anything):
יא: מִֽי־י֖וֹדֵעַ עֹ֥ז אַפֶּ֑ךָ וּ֜כְיִרְאָֽתְךָ֗ עֶבְרָתֶֽךָ: לִמְנ֣וֹת
יָ֖מֵינוּ כֵּ֥ן הוֹדַ֑ע ...
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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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Why does one receive reward for saying they will give tzedaka?
The Tosefta in Peah (4:17) states that if a person says they will give tzedaka and then gives it, they receive divine reward both for the "saying" and for the "giving." And in a case where the person ...
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A man tells us he raped a woman
The Torah says the following about a man who rapes a woman (Deuteronomy 22:29).
וְ֠נָתַן הָאִ֨ישׁ הַשֹּׁכֵ֥ב עִמָּ֛הּ לַאֲבִ֥י הנער [הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה] חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים כָּ֑סֶף וְלֽוֹ־תִהְיֶ֣ה לְאִשָּׁ֗ה ...
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Was Iyov rewarded for passing his first test?
In Iyov chapter 1 Satan proposes to God to test Iyov's fidelity to God by striking Iyov's possessions. God agrees and Iyov loses essentially everything. At the end of chapter 1 and again in chapter 2 ...
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Using אוהביו, יראיו, חסידיו in Chovas Halevavos referring to those who receive additional reward
ספר חובות הלבבות - שער הביטחון - פרק רביעי
Chovos Halevavos (Duties of the Heart) Shaar Habitachon (Gate of Trust) Chapter 4:
ועניני העולם הבא יחלקו לשני חלקים ... והשני שהוא מחסד הבורא יתעלה על ...
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What is the punishment for someone who talks another person into committing suicide?
There's a famous case in the US of a young woman who basically pressures her online boyfriend to kill himself. The evidence was particularly damning against her and the case is clear that if she hadn'...
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Not finding your bashert is a punishment for doing zera levatala?
Are there Kabbalistic or Talmudic sources saying that not finding your bashert is a punishment for doing zera levatala (wasteful seminal emission)? I heard a popular rabbi make this claim in a class ...
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Is there a limit to rewards on single acts?
According to the principle of kam lei b'derabah minei קם ליה בדרבה מיניה a single improper act incurs the strictest penalty even if more than one violation occurs.
Is there a parallel limit to the ...
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Do woman get reward for not shaving their payos and beard
Do woman/non-Jews get a reward for not doing things they are permitted to do, and men / Jews are forbidden to do?
I know that if someone does a mitzvah they are not commanded doing, they get a reward....
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Women and the egel
The Leviim were rewarded for not participating in the egel (golden calf) by replacing the buchorim (firstborn) as the workers in the mishkan. But the women also did not participate in the calf. What ...
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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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From where/Why do you get more reward for doing a obligated mitzvah than a non obligated mitzvah?
Ive heard (not sure where)that you get more reward for doing a obligated mitzvah than a non obligated mitzvah. Where is this brought down, and whats the reason for this?
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The basic jewish model for reward and punishment
I'd like to understand what is known and not hidden by god in regards the accounting of mitzvas:
What happened after Yom Kipur - does god balance all my miztvas in comparison to sins I made in the ...
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Punishment for Eating Non-Kosher
What is the biblical or talmudic prescribed punishment for knowingly eating meat of a non-kosher animal. I seem to recall some kind of distinction in punishment between eating out of indulgence or ...
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learning torah for deceased person - is all reward to the deceased?
There is a custom to learn torah (especially mishnayos) for a deceased person. Does all the torah study reward go to the deceased person or does some torah study reward also go to the person learning? ...
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Does a child get reward for Mitzvos performed
It seems non-Jews and women get reward for Mitzvot they do (even the ones they are not obligated to do)*
does this apply also to a "deaf-mute, imbecile or child"?
sources, please
*Sifra Vayikra 18,...
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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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Adam and Chava’s Punishment
I’m sure this was asked here multiple times, but I’m having trouble finding it. Can someone please explain to me:
1) how is Adam’s punishment of “eating bread from the sweat of your brow” a ...
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Who gets more rewarded for the Mitzvah of procreation?
The man is obligated in the mitzvah of Pru Urivu (Having children 1 male 1 female) while the woman is not (technically it's a machlokes in the gemara, but we hold of the one that they're not chayav). ...
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Can the שנים שעשו recipe be doubled?
My kid asked: I understand that if two people complete a forbidden activity on Shabas by superfluously joining forces to do a task either could do alone, they don't get the punishment one of them ...
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B'nai Yisra'el complaining about water and food - sometimes punished, sometimes not
There were numerous times that B'nai Yisra'el complained to Moshe (and, sometimes, Aharon) about the lack of food or water in the desert. But, it seems that sometimes G-d punishes them and sometimes ...
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7 laws of Noach - Tinnok Shenishbah [duplicate]
I know in Judaism, we have a concept of "Tinok Shenishba" - does this not apply to a gentile? How will a ben noach at the end of time be punished for not keeping the 7 mitzvah bnei Noach if they are ...
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What can someone do to protect his property/children from children?
From the answers here, the schulchan aruch h"m 349.3 and the aruch hashulchan 349.1:
it seems that if a child (below 12/13 years old) damages you no one is responsible (but is he stole and the thing ...
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Different type of blessing for rain and snow
One of my friends who lived in Israel explained that, of course, precipitation during the "winter" months is vital and it is considered a great blessing from G-d. This we know is alluded to several ...
