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Connection Hell and Hinnom?

It seems you're alluding to the discussion on this answer and the comments there. The Midrash quotes in Fred's comment there explains that fathers would place their children in fires as offerings for …
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The purpose of punishment in the Afterlife

Most of them are inapplicable to the Afterlife, but the primary reason why one may suffer still applies there: Spiritual "vomit": The same way that when one ingests a poison, he throws up in order to …
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The name of גיהנום

The Torah (well, Nach, really) does call it She’ol, but it also calls it a number of other names. You can ask on Nach itself: why does it use multiple names and not stay consistent? It’s because, as d …
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Can a soul be redeemed, based on Psalm 49?

Rashi (v. 16) explains: אך אלהים יפדה נפשי. אבל אני שהטיתי למשל אזני, אלהים יפדה נפשי שלא אלך אל שאול כי יקחני בחיי ללכת בדרכיו: “But G-d will redeem my soul” - but I, that I turned my ear to …
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