"The Jewish Afterlife" - Jew in the City, Episode 7

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• Jewish
• Judaism
• Jews
• funny
• spirituality
• afterlife
• heaven
• hell
• death
• jew in the city

[fizk]

Are you saying jews don't believe in hell?

[jewinthecity]

@fizk there is something called "gihenom" which we believe is a purification process you must undergo before you get to the "sitting in the presence of Godliness" part - if you were a worse person, gihenom is a longer, more painful process, if you were a better person, it's not as bad, but once that's over, we don't believe in a separate heaven and hell - we're all in the same "place" - we just experience it differently.

[fizk]

@jewinthecity Sounds better than an eternity in liquid fire....I'm converting! lol, just kidding.

[jewinthecity]

@fizk :) just to be clear, though, if a person lives a life antithetical to Godliness, we believe that there will be plenty of pain having to be so close to God in the world to come. The difference between Jewish and Christian thinking is that for us, there's not an idea of a devil that acts as a force separate to God or a hell that is separate from the rest of the afterlife. We believe that everything (the satan included) is under God's rule, control, etc.

[Dessybaby1233]

Do you seriously speak french?!?!?!?

[jewinthecity]

@Dessybaby1233 I seriously pretend to speak French! I studied it in school for many years. I'm not fluent, but I like to put on a good accent! :)

[Dessybaby1233]

@jewinthecity Hahaha. My Mom knows a bit, too. I LOVE your videos, and your very pretty (:

[jewinthecity]

@MrSnobby24 the parable I used here was given over by an Orthodox rabbi to a class I attended years ago. I didn't include the part about Gehennom - which he likened to getting your shirt cleaned before you could enter the concert - there just wasn't time to get into it as the video was already long. But the idea is that where we spend eternity can be heaven-like, hell-like, or something in between depending on the connection one had to God while in this world.

[MrSnobby24]

I am not sure you really understand judaism,what you say about the afterlife is totally

and profoundly wrong,how can you say heaven and hell are the same thing???!!!

[Glowwriter]

Very interesting! A little similar to Catholic teaching, but with obvious differences. We believe that nothing but pure good can withstand the full presence of G-d, so for many, at death, may need to spend time in Purgatory, where the soul is prepared for the fullness of G-d's presence. The unrepentant sinner who hates G-d gets his wish, and spends eternity barred from divine bliss.

I love your videos! I've learned a lot!