I was born and raised Catholic, but for the past 10 years or so I’ve learned so much more from watching Rabbi Friedman than ever learned from any Christian priests and preachers… thank you Rabbi
Here you have rabbi Friedman expounding the truth about Hell. Rabbi Tovia Singer ,on the hand, said heaven and hells are NOT verifiable as no one has been the other side. He said Christians used hell to scare believers. Gentiles thought there is no hell and orthodox Judaism is therefore the best religion. So Orthodox Judaism used deception to say only Christians used hell to scare people. Scam!
Now I understand why Jewish folk are the chosen ones God SPOKE to them this is huge to me. I was born a Catholic but it never fitted me even as a kid I was deep and wondered why God spoke to the Jews. A Jewish Lady was friends with my Grandma and she would mind me as a kid I loved her and she me. My father would light her fire on Saturdays. And this was explained to me as a kid. I’m now 60 and have had a life of ups and downs then I found this wonderful Rabbi I believe the Jews can make us holy again. I’m Irish been and seen the world and it’s mystery it’s a lot to take in for me but I like to hear the Rabbi talk.
You are so very right about the Jewish people .They are the light to the world .I lasów was born a Catholic butnie not fit in like you .Nów i start and finisz my day with Rabbi Friedman .His teachings are joy .
Me too! I was raised Catholic but don’t feel it. I don’t bow or worship images, statues or stones or humans. I am from Peru and live in USA. There are lots of knowledge and wisdom to learn from Jewish people. There is only one God to the entire universe and everything that is in it. Life doesn’t die I agree. It’s logical!
@@user-lh5li8ll7iof course they do they walk in precessions carrying statues of the saints that’s not worshiping?And the pope bows down before them and prays to them what’s that? Denial !!!!
I am christian (and a believer) and I appreciated very much this video. Thank you very much Rabbi Friedman for this very interesting and very relevant analysis.
I experienced the last minutes before a person passes away when I had an asthma attack and reaction to chemicals, the day my apartment complex was sprayed for bugs. I “regained consciousness” on a stretcher, which EMTs were working on me, but I had been conscious, the whole time. The rabbi is, indeed, correct. I had a change of heart, a dramatic shifting of priorities and a strong belief in something greater than what I could see, as a result of my NDE. I saw many things others who nearly die do, but I never heard about such things, before it happened to me. I saw my strengths and all areas I needed to improve. I was very fortunate to be given a choice to go, or come back to my body. I had a baby, who I could not bear to be separated from, because I knew it would be OK, but she did not. She needed me to be there for her, to make sure she had a healthy human bond that was enduring.
It’s a popular culture belief, the Rabbi spoke of. I’m not sure where it comes from, but I do believe there is an association with Christian people, if not directly of Christian origin. People often speak of their departed loved ones as angels, watching over them, or as angels who got their wings. I’m not sure I would want my dad seeing everything I do, TBH! If spirits do see us, though, I assume they are pretty unconcerned with matters which would embarrass living beings, in a physical form.
@@musicman1770 Angels are lower than humans. Humans are a breath of God. Angels are spiritual robots. They are programmed to accomplish the word of God (and here on earth, they accomplish the word of God when humans speak it). They have no free will, or any will. Why would a breath of God, temporarily wrapped in skin to exist in this physical earth, be lowered to Angel status when returning home?
what you say not only resonates with me but goes along with my experience with the spiritual. The nonelements what the Christian doctrine teaches never did sit well with me. It just adds more questions. You explanations just makes sense to me.
Orthodox Christianity believes that both "Hell and "Heaven" are the same thing, God's love and presence. Saint Isaac the Syrian “[T]hose who are punished in Gehenna are scourged by the scourge of love. Nay, what is so bitter and vehement as the torment of love? I mean that those who have become conscious that they have sinned against love suffer greater torment from this than from any fear of punishment. For the sorrow caused in the heart by sin against love is more poignant than any torment. It would be improper for a man to think that sinners in Gehenna are deprived of the love of God. Love is the offspring of knowledge of the truth which, as is commonly confessed, is given to all. The power of love works in two ways: it torments sinners, even as happens here when a friend suffers from a friend; but it becomes a source of joy for those who have observed its duties. Thus I say that this is the torment of Gehenna: bitter regret.”
How interesting. I have always wondered about this because My mom and my dad that passed, I truly felt it took them time to settle. In fact, I knew this through my experiences with them after death which is a long story ! I am kind of blown away right now. I am not Jewish but somehow I believe this to be true.
God said his people wouldn't have any deceit in their mouth. Meaning the Jewish people. Because christianity is definitely not the way .... because God is against human sacrifice
Every time I hear you speak it reinforces what I have believed in my guts all my life, without knowing why, and if you believe and listen careful they are still their. I taught my girls if they do nothing please do not do things that you know you will regret
I was a kid brought up by my Christian mother. She used to tell me that when we die and not forgiven from our sin then we'll be burnt in hell for ever. I used to get scared when mum tells me that even though I am in ashes I would still be shouting with pain. Thank you rabbi manis friedman for your explanation and for relieving me from my fears of hell. Now I know the truth. God bless you rabbi for revealing the truth.
For those of you who want to know sources and references please refer to the Talmud, Mishna, oral law and Jewish Mysticism. Another sourse is the Tanya. There is so much more spirituality than many understand. Hashem will enlighten those who truly seek with all their heart, soul and possesions. There is the good inclination and the evil. There is the soul that is tied to the light of the Creator, Hashem, and the animal soul which is tied to things of the flesh/ego/pride/self. The soul that is tied to the Creator, the good inclination, goes through and works it all the emotional anguish which is still painful. So the more you work through Teshuva and those challenges on earth the less your soul has to go through after its physical life.
everyone knows , anything goes. everytime we go ,we wish you well. only one god shall save you.and it will be light. shalom in every quantum acting for you.blessed
Interesting concept of Hell and Heaven within Judaism , its nice to know. My Rabbi says that Hell is Real and its for all Eternity, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. My Rabbi has also given me eternal comfort that I do not have to go there as He is My Salvation.
Gehinnom is a real PLACE, not merely an experience. The Sages make this quite clear - see Maseches Gehinnom, Megillah 14a, Sanhedrin 110a, Bava Basra 74a, Taanis 10a, Pesachim 94a, and many more Talmudic and Aggadic sources.
My non Jewish grandmother would say "I'm all burned up" when angry. I lost my mother and best friend last year. This video was helpful. To an extent verified my idea relating to the afterlife. A loving G-d could never forsake his child. I'm half Jewish through the father--not the real deal--but was raised both religions, insofar as is possible, told to choose as an adult. Like most of my generation I'm secular but enjoy the rabbi
I'm glad he is clarifying this according to the mystics as from the clips i have seen criticising his approach seem to imply that hell isnt something to worry about..it is "only" the soul feeling in the wrong place, but this makes light of the issue. Now that i hear it more in detail, i see this is indeed inline with tradiitional mystic and chassidic teachings. More to be said but it sounds much more mainstream in this video.
Thank you for this lesson of understanding; makes total sense now, I could never wrap my thoughts around HaShem creating a hell where souls would suffer for ever or in such horrible ways, how you describe it sound more like He would have created it.
@@paulawallace8784 think about how a person feels when they get betrayed, it’s devastating. So this comment is like salt to a wound. My Family saved people because they understood God loved people, that’s what a cult teaches? Please be sensitive. Have you ever had your heart broken?
@daisyduke6573 Heathen Man has Betrayed their CREATOR, choosing Idols in their own Image, Contendeding and Rebelling against HIM by forming False deities and clinging to them instead of their MAKER!
The CREATOR has been waiting patiently for Mankind to Stop Betraying HIM, the teachings of the coming progeny of King David will bring all of Mankind to the rightful worship of the CREATOR and HIM Alone!
if a body is a dead thing, and the soul is a living thing, which gives life to a body, a body is a dead thing, made of earth, and the soul is the energy which turns it to life, than every living being has a soul! and we are all the same, humans and animals, even plants. I'm happy with this thought!
If our soul reincarnates, and when it leaves the body, it remembers the body it had with all its memories, which body does the soul remembers then, if the soul reincarnated several times?
Hello Rabbi. I’m a Muslim. In YOUR Jewish belief, you believe in the resurrection of the dead in the time of the messianic age. So after this resurrection of the dead what happens next. I know you believe in Olam Haba, so after this resurrection of the dead do u believe everyone will go to olam haba. What happens in olam haba then? I’m curious
Thank you, Rabbi for sharing the Jewish tradition. I’m from the lens as a Catholic Christian. If I may humbly say, never in our Catechism does it teach us that we all go to Heaven and become angels. This could be the belief of non-Catholics. We believe people choose Hell, thus they reject God. We also believe ina place called Purgatory. A place to burn off impurities as nothing impure can enter God’s Kingdom. God bless!
Thank you Rabbi for your teachings. I do have a question regarding the after life concept. What about those people that claimed to go to hell and return? Those people tend to depict some very disturbing pictures of hell. Lastly, God must have sent me to watch your video because for the past 3 months I have been struggling with the idea of my existence, death and hell. I would wake up during my sleep frightened by the idea of dying. And I would call God’s name. Any thoughts you have on this matter would be appreciated. Thank you
Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. What God gave, he may also take away. Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Does God lie? Something must have died when Adam sinned, yet he lived 930 years. Genesis 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Here God speaks to Adam as being the dust from the earth. Might the living soul have been rescinded? Do we get life from a mortal soul or, do we get life from the blood flowing through our veins? Genesis 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. Genesis 9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. Note God did not say 'thy brother's soul crieth unto me'! What he does say is that all souls are His: Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. What the Lord gives, He may also take away. Adam disobeyed God, so did he lose his soul on that day? Do note they were kicked out of Eden so they would not eat from the tree of life and live forever. I just wanted to help get people thinking; God does not want to send people to hell, He created us for his pleasure: Ezekiel 18:21-23 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
I have a question, referencing when you talked about "burning a soul" at 12:30 - 12:43. Referencing Isaiah 6:2 when we read "Heavenly creatures of fire stood above him...". If there are heavenly creatures of fire, proposing that a spiritual fire exists, why would that not have some type of standing in this context? *Genuinely asking*
Seraphim stood above for Him, six wings, six wings to each one; with two he would cover his face, and with two he would cover his feet, and with two he would fly. Yeshayahu/Isaiah 6:2 Judaica Press
The kabalistic explanation is that these are angels who are burning and yearning with a desire to reach higher than their current level, like a flame which is always reaching upward in an effort to return to its source at the upper levels of the earth's atmosphere.
Saint Isaac the Syrian “[T]hose who are punished in Gehenna are scourged by the scourge of love. Nay, what is so bitter and vehement as the torment of love? I mean that those who have become conscious that they have sinned against love suffer greater torment from this than from any fear of punishment. For the sorrow caused in the heart by sin against love is more poignant than any torment. It would be improper for a man to think that sinners in Gehenna are deprived of the love of God. Love is the offspring of knowledge of the truth which, as is commonly confessed, is given to all. The power of love works in two ways: it torments sinners, even as happens here when a friend suffers from a friend; but it becomes a source of joy for those who have observed its duties. Thus I say that this is the torment of Gehenna: bitter regret.”
Me, too, though I didn’t think a lot about it, consciously, until my near death experience. My relatives are, mostly, secular Jews, non-affiliated Christians and eclectics of mixed religious backgrounds. Everything the Rabbi described, I experienced, precisely. That’s when I started thinking of a negative afterlife experience, that way. Honestly, my afterlife preview was very beautiful. It was after I returned that I started feeling tormented by poor decisions, before that. During my spiritual experience, HaShem made me aware of my mistakes, in a loving and accepting way. I did not sense that I would be punished for them…only that I would feel regret, if I did not return to correct them, then finish what I am here to do. I was very fortunate, to have a choice. I agree that “Hell” is the regret of knowing it’s too late to change one’s ways and make amends. I feel like I just laid out the premise for, “A Christmas Carol,” lol. Forgive me if my words to describe this are a bit cliche. I guess people from various faiths have figured this out, at one point or another. The view that there aren’t two final destinations we are sorted into has been a formal part of the Jewish faith for a long time, however. I don’t know if I will ever attain my goals, but those may not be my purpose on earth, after all. I still try, but if I sense that what I want and my reality are different things, I try to accept and adapt to that. Getting good at that may be part of the purpose, as it is often a challenge.
It definitely tends to make a lot more sense and also seems far more logical and appealing than the Christian concept of hell. The only two questions I have are: 1) Who or what entity determines that the soul is not worthy to be cleansed in hell for eventual preparation for heaven? I presume he means God. 2) How does one account for experiences/testimonials of those who were pronounced clinically and medically dead claiming that they have experienced being in hell? They describe their experiences as very much like the stereotypical images that we see everyday and according to them…it’s very horrifyingly real and very vivid to them.
An enlightening explanation, thank you. One thing there is though that did not fit well in my mind. That is, you say soul leaves body with the same personality, same strength & weaknesses as when being in body. At that point a question popping in my mind is that how is it possible for a soul to feel regretful and ashamed of the things that it did with the same personality as when within body? Was that not those same personal weaknesses that in the first place had led the soul to make those mistakes with little shame & hesitation while in body?
Rabbi, what happens when it’s not hell that scares you, but death itself? Lately, I’m 51 & have lost nearly every person. I only have a spouse, who is 76. Not only am I terrified of losing my spouse, I know that life ends in death, and it’s all I can think about. You say, life doesn’t die & I absolutely believe in G-d. I am Jewish, I converted almost 20 years ago now, but this fear of death has overtaken me. Any suggestions?
What exactly is it about dying that scares you? Is there perhaps still some doubt left in you as to wether life really continues for the soul after the death of the body? Because if such doubt exists in you, it could explain your fear of dying as being a fear of the unknown. As an agnostic who is strongly attracted towards Judaism and may one day convert, I have a solution for dealing with the fear of this uncertainty. It helps me accept it and have peace with it and it may just help you too: If life ends for the soul as much as it ends for the body, you will be gone and no longer capable of suffering any fear. If life never ends for the soul and we get to experience the death of the body and the eternity that comes after that, whatever discomfort or fear we may suffer during that transition will be temporary. We will overcome it and we will grow comfortable with our new, body-less existance soon enough. Throughout our lives we have gone through many periods of change, discomfort and uncertainty, but we've always soldiered through. Soldiering through the change, discomfort and uncertainty of losing our bodies would be no different. We did this before. We'll do it again. We got this.
i know this is no answer about death, but it's more about life... you've reached the tipping point, 50... subconsciously you may think you have less of life ahead of you than behind you... (i'm 70)... i can only answer for myself, but i decided to look at life differently, i began to savor moments longer, see life from a different angle, notice the little things, a kind smile, a gentle glance, a kittens purr... luck
Gehinnom is a real place, but why did God create it? Two possible answers: 1. It’s more ideal to serve God out of love, but the Zohar says that this is ONLY possible if one FIRST has fear of God. Fear is a much stronger motivator than love, and the existence of punishment in the next world is a helpful tool for us to keep our strong animalistic tendencies in check, something that love alone won’t necessarily do. 2. Gehinnom isn’t merely punishment, it’s a cleansing and rehabilitation that allows souls to enter Gan Eden. The Stutchiner Rebbe once said that Gehinnom is like a hospital for souls, and they’re begging to get in and be healed (not that it’s a pleasant experience obviously, but neither are important medical procedures).
The 12-month period doesn't seem reasonable. When one lives a bad life, it will cause an eternity of regret because every action, good or bad, will be repeated in perpetuity.
Thank you so much for your time and sharing your wisdom. I have a question in regards to cremation. My 20 year old son passed on from this earth on June 18th , alittle over 2 months now. I made the choice to have cremated so his remains would be with me. I would like to know your thoughts about the resurrection for those that have been cremated and have had some of their remains spread . I must be honest I am definitely struggling with this and if I made the mistake in having this done (as if I can redo it ). I’m having a difficult time finding peace about this .
Don't worry about resurrection just help his Soul to go through the cleansing process. Pray with him till you feel that his Soul is free.... you'll know...
My mother was cremated 10 years ago, and I still have some of her ashes. From what I understand is that I should have put all her ashes in the ground. I can't help but wonder if me holding onto the remaining ash prevents the resurrection, if any, can even happen because of the cremation in the first place.
The reason Jews don’t “cremate” the body is because the soul doesn’t leave the body all @ once so cremation can cause the soul more pain than is necessary . In other words best to give the body a kosher burial and help it through prayer depart in its journey home to heaven .
A beautiful , logical explanation of live, death, soul, and hell or heaven. U said these is the Jewish way...but the most important question is : where in Thora is this explanation? Where u base on when telling this?
The Ramban (Nachmonidies) in Sha’ar Ha’Gemul Chapter 35 writes that the descriptions of Gehinnom given by the Sages are not mere parables. He writes in Chapter 36 that the FIRE of Gehinnom is of a different nature, and IS CAPABLE of burning souls.
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Rabbi, are these your thoughts that you share because I never see or hear you make reference to scriptures. Could you please start sharing your belief with the proof in the Tanakh ?
EZK 18:31-31 "no pleasure in the death, the death says ADONAI, therefore turn & Live" psalm 69:27 give them with crime upon crime> do not let them come into.......צדיקתך Book of Living>Yeshaya 4:3
Thank you rabbi, people who lost their love one need to know this. I like to join the VIP community, but time zones different 12 hours, Sunday nights VIP is Monday working time.Wednesday is 1 am sleep time. I can only join on public holidays or my holiday . I’m happy to listen the recordings.every answer and everything you say I applied to my self and tried to be a better person.forward it to whoever needed.what I liked about VIP is asking for good news, that changed the people, stop focusing on negative thoughts and focus on positive thoughts.thank you for being my mentor.
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The idea of death refers only to the physical. It is taken for granted that our spiritual selves never die. Each of us has a spiritual copy of our physical bodies and have had since conception. At physical death the two, spiritual and physical, simply separate. The physical loses it's vitality but the spiritual continues on, indeed it raises up and enters the Earth's spiritual worlds that we call the heavens. This is no mystery. Why do we make it one?
I would really appreciate references from Torah or Tanak to substantiate the twelve/eleven months of adjustment. Also the fact that people who died from covid went straight to heaven - what about sin not repented for? Would that argument not imply that all people who died in solitude, in pain or in suffering, would also bypass the adjustment period?
My personal HELL experience Keep in mind that I am trying to describe the indescribable. I have experienced this. This can be a hallucination, a dream, a demon, God's warning, revelation or punishment. I'm not claiming anything, I'm saying what I experienced. I woke up from my sleep, as if something had lifted me up. Even though it was night, you can usually see some reflection of light somewhere at night. This was total darkness. There was no time, there was no yesterday, tomorrow, or today. Everything stood still. It was all over. It was a state without time, a state without space, in which there is no change. It is impossible to change anything, because there is no time in which change could actually happen. And I was in the utter darkness that devoured me from all sides. The worst condemnation fell on me, as if I had become condemnation myself, as if my name was condemnation. I couldn’t even think of anything different, because there I knew everything. I have known and understood everything instantly. I knew that it was my place and that I couldn't even think of being somewhere else, because everything was over there, everything was sealed, all the doors were closed. Since everything is over there, it is impossible to hope that it will stop, there is no hope there. The realization that there is no hope that this agony will end is an indescribable horror. I don't know how long it lasted counting our time, nor can I determine, but it's as if it didn't last. It was as if I had been drawn into another dimension or reality, experienced it, and then returned. There I understood eternity, but not as temporal eternity, which we imagine in which millions and billions of years pass, but eternity without time, a simple state that is, that is without beginning and without end, that stands. When I started to feel the ground under my feet,I have waved my hands around until I felt the wall and turned on the light. My heart was pounding so hard that the pulse could be seen in the neck area. Thank God I survived. Day or two I was under a fierce impression, but life in our reality calmed me down over time. Describe it in two words: INHUMAN AGONY. By all accounts it may be the abyss, or the Hebrew sheol. Absolutely nothing in this world is, nor can it be, worth of that state. It is truly the state opposite of life. Here, in this life, it is possible to change something, to change yourself, to change something for the better. Outhere, there is no change, there is what it is. Everything there is over and finished. Keep in mind that I am trying to describe the indescribable. I have experienced this. This can be a hallucination, a dream, a demon, God's warning, revelation or punishment. I'm not claiming anything, I'm saying what I experienced.
Just search all the hell Near Death Experiences (eg. Howard Storm: Atheist College Professor dies and sees hell and demons - it changed his life - Pt 1) One of the biggest regrets this 'teacher' will have in the afterlife is leading a lot of people to hell. And rejecting God.
Your experience sounds like Stephen King's: Langoliers. A plane full of passengers goes through a time warp to this place you describe. The most remarkable point of the story to me was when passengers waited for Captain of plane to tell them what to do in this emergency. Finally they went by their own instincts to get out of that time shift of shame and regret that they hadnt gone by their intuition since the start of their lives. And now there was no passion alive in this gray world they passed thru. When they reached the outcome of escaping that utter isolation and loss of a man dictating their choices, life of humans returned, the fizz of a soda sounded, and a match came aflame. Humanity in all its grotesque offences and fear-mongering mystery had suddenly awakened joy in the returned passengers that a redemptive reaction is waiting for us on the other side.
Interesting concept of Hell and Heaven within Judaism , its nice to know. My Rabbi says that Hell is Real and its for all Eternity, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. My Rabbi has also given me eternal comfort that I do not have to go there as He is My Salvation.
What about people that take their own lives because of severe mental Illness that they have done everything to fix but the pain and isolation is just too much to go on.
In 2 Peter there will be a final conflagration in which all of the elements will be burned up with a great heat. Then there will be a new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Forgive me my ignorance, but how jewish mistics got this information? Is there any support fot this in the Torah? How God of Israel revealed this information?
I was born and raised Catholic, but for the past 10 years or so I’ve learned so much more from watching Rabbi Friedman than ever learned from any Christian priests and preachers… thank you Rabbi
Born and raised catholic as well. Rabbi Friedman has given me peace that NO form of Christianity ever has!!!
Here you have rabbi Friedman expounding the truth about Hell. Rabbi Tovia Singer ,on the hand, said heaven and hells are NOT verifiable as no one has been the other side. He said Christians used hell to scare believers. Gentiles thought there is no hell and orthodox Judaism is therefore the best religion. So Orthodox Judaism used deception to say only Christians used hell to scare people. Scam!
Now I understand why Jewish folk are the chosen ones God SPOKE to them this is huge to me. I was born a Catholic but it never fitted me even as a kid I was deep and wondered why God spoke to the Jews. A Jewish Lady was friends with my Grandma and she would mind me as a kid I loved her and she me. My father would light her fire on Saturdays. And this was explained to me as a kid. I’m now 60 and have had a life of ups and downs then I found this wonderful Rabbi I believe the Jews can make us holy again. I’m Irish been and seen the world and it’s mystery it’s a lot to take in for me but I like to hear the Rabbi talk.
You are so very right about the Jewish people .They are the light to the world .I lasów was born a Catholic butnie not fit in like you .Nów i start and finisz my day with Rabbi Friedman .His teachings are joy .
Me too! I was raised Catholic but don’t feel it. I don’t bow or worship images, statues or stones or humans. I am from Peru and live in USA. There are lots of knowledge and wisdom to learn from Jewish people. There is only one God to the entire universe and everything that is in it. Life doesn’t die I agree. It’s logical!
As Jeremiah prophesied, the Gentiles will come to see that they have inherited only Lies, Emptiness in which there is nothing of any avail!
@@gustavogalindo4543neither do Catholics worship images, statues or people.
@@user-lh5li8ll7iof course they do they walk in precessions carrying statues of the saints that’s not worshiping?And the pope bows down before them and prays to them what’s that? Denial !!!!
I work with the dying and this topic comes up a lot - everyone thinks they're going to hell forever. You just gave me a beautiful gift to offer.
Revelation 14:11
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What is revelation 14-12
Lll-12?
I am christian (and a believer) and I appreciated very much this video. Thank you very much Rabbi Friedman for this very interesting and very relevant analysis.
That is the most elegant explanation that I’ve ever heard. Thank you for sharing it.
I experienced the last minutes before a person passes away when I had an asthma attack and reaction to chemicals, the day my apartment complex was sprayed for bugs. I “regained consciousness” on a stretcher, which EMTs were working on me, but I had been conscious, the whole time. The rabbi is, indeed, correct. I had a change of heart, a dramatic shifting of priorities and a strong belief in something greater than what I could see, as a result of my NDE. I saw many things others who nearly die do, but I never heard about such things, before it happened to me. I saw my strengths and all areas I needed to improve. I was very fortunate to be given a choice to go, or come back to my body. I had a baby, who I could not bear to be separated from, because I knew it would be OK, but she did not. She needed me to be there for her, to make sure she had a healthy human bond that was enduring.
The most incredible teaching. Probably the best explanation on this subject.
Interesting. One quibble, I'm not aware of any Christian tradition that says we become angels at death. Humans and angels are two distinct species.
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To the level of an angel, yes. To an actual angel, only with unique individuals such as Elija the prophet.
It’s a popular culture belief, the Rabbi spoke of. I’m not sure where it comes from, but I do believe there is an association with Christian people, if not directly of Christian origin. People often speak of their departed loved ones as angels, watching over them, or as angels who got their wings. I’m not sure I would want my dad seeing everything I do, TBH! If spirits do see us, though, I assume they are pretty unconcerned with matters which would embarrass living beings, in a physical form.
@@musicman1770 Angels are lower than humans. Humans are a breath of God. Angels are spiritual robots. They are programmed to accomplish the word of God (and here on earth, they accomplish the word of God when humans speak it). They have no free will, or any will. Why would a breath of God, temporarily wrapped in skin to exist in this physical earth, be lowered to Angel status when returning home?
@@grandma6552 if they have no free will , hpthen how did they choose to go follow Satan , lucifer 🤷♂️🤷♂️
This talk is brilliant. Thank you, Rabbi.
I am a Christian and I love hearing you speak Rabbi. I feel that I get a little bit closer to G-d when I do. G-d bless you 😊
Thank you Rabbi Friedman!!
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Wish you and everybody here a wonderful day!!
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Jay in Canada 🇨🇦 Rabbi, Your words of wisdom made my day. Thank you
what you say not only resonates with me but goes along with my experience with the spiritual. The nonelements what the Christian doctrine teaches never did sit well with me. It just adds more questions. You explanations just makes sense to me.
Orthodox Christianity believes that both "Hell and "Heaven" are the same thing, God's love and presence.
Saint Isaac the Syrian
“[T]hose who are punished in Gehenna are scourged by the scourge of love. Nay, what is so bitter and vehement as the torment of love? I mean that those who have become conscious that they have sinned against love suffer greater torment from this than from any fear of punishment. For the sorrow caused in the heart by sin against love is more poignant than any torment. It would be improper for a man to think that sinners in Gehenna are deprived of the love of God. Love is the offspring of knowledge of the truth which, as is commonly confessed, is given to all. The power of love works in two ways: it torments sinners, even as happens here when a friend suffers from a friend; but it becomes a source of joy for those who have observed its duties. Thus I say that this is the torment of Gehenna: bitter regret.”
@gilgamesh7652 that must really confuse them
How interesting. I have always wondered about this because My mom and my dad that passed, I truly felt it took them time to settle. In fact, I knew this through my experiences with them after death which is a long story ! I am kind of blown away right now. I am not Jewish but somehow I believe this to be true.
God said his people wouldn't have any deceit in their mouth. Meaning the Jewish people. Because christianity is definitely not the way .... because God is against human sacrifice
What is that?
Every time I hear you speak it reinforces what I have believed in my guts all my life, without knowing why, and if you believe and listen careful they are still their. I taught my girls if they do nothing please do not do things that you know you will regret
I was a kid brought up by my Christian mother. She used to tell me that when we die and not forgiven from our sin then we'll be burnt in hell for ever. I used to get scared when mum tells me that even though I am in ashes I would still be shouting with pain. Thank you rabbi manis friedman for your explanation and for relieving me from my fears of hell. Now I know the truth. God bless you rabbi for revealing the truth.
Thank you, Rabbi, always love your teaching!
Thank you, Rabbi, for telling us about this with so much empathy, kindness, and clarity.
" Do not eat of the fruit of this tree; if YOU DO, YOU will DIE". ( "Beware of false teachings ". ) 😇
Torah is the old testament.
Thank you brother I’ve been struggling with this for a long time trying to figure this out.thank you my brother.
This made so much sense...and ive being goingbthrough it and words of wisdom like this has helped me get better.
Ty rabbi fir sharing Jewish ✡️ mysticism.Your helping people of all beleifs find peace and move closer towards god or being better people all round..
thank you this was so beautifully explained
For those of you who want to know sources and references please refer to the Talmud, Mishna, oral law and Jewish Mysticism. Another sourse is the Tanya. There is so much more spirituality than many understand. Hashem will enlighten those who truly seek with all their heart, soul and possesions. There is the good inclination and the evil. There is the soul that is tied to the light of the Creator, Hashem, and the animal soul which is tied to things of the flesh/ego/pride/self. The soul that is tied to the Creator, the good inclination, goes through and works it all the emotional anguish which is still painful. So the more you work through Teshuva and those challenges on earth the less your soul has to go through after its physical life.
everyone knows , anything goes.
everytime we go ,we wish you well.
only one god shall save you.and it will be light. shalom in every quantum acting for you.blessed
Minimizing Hell's existence won't keep you away from it
Interesting concept of Hell and Heaven within Judaism , its nice to know. My Rabbi says that Hell is Real and its for all Eternity, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. My Rabbi has also given me eternal comfort that I do not have to go there as He is My Salvation.
Hashem bless you ❤
Thank you, Rabbi. This video is so needed.
Gehinnom is a real PLACE, not merely an experience. The Sages make this quite clear - see Maseches Gehinnom, Megillah 14a, Sanhedrin 110a, Bava Basra 74a, Taanis 10a, Pesachim 94a, and many more Talmudic and Aggadic sources.
Amen Rabbi!
My non Jewish grandmother would say "I'm all burned up" when angry.
I lost my mother and best friend last year. This video was helpful. To an extent verified my idea relating to the afterlife. A loving G-d could never forsake his child.
I'm half Jewish through the father--not the real deal--but was raised both religions, insofar as is possible, told to choose as an adult. Like most of my generation I'm secular but enjoy the rabbi
This is beautiful. Hashem is perfect Amen
Amazing as always. Thank you for your wise words
I'm glad he is clarifying this according to the mystics as from the clips i have seen criticising his approach seem to imply that hell isnt something to worry about..it is "only" the soul feeling in the wrong place, but this makes light of the issue. Now that i hear it more in detail, i see this is indeed inline with tradiitional mystic and chassidic teachings. More to be said but it sounds much more mainstream in this video.
The way the truth and the life, explains it better to human kind. ❤
This gave me a better understanding of this topic
Never mind the hell after death. Must of us turned this life in to hell.. 👍
Thank you for this lesson of understanding; makes total sense now, I could never wrap my thoughts around HaShem creating a hell where souls would suffer for ever or in such horrible ways, how you describe it sound more like He would have created it.
I agree, I'm an elderly Catholic, much more sensible
@jeffreyrwilliams9345 So you have been lied by your cult, why cling to it?
@@paulawallace8784 think about how a person feels when they get betrayed, it’s devastating. So this comment is like salt to a wound. My
Family saved people because they understood God loved people, that’s what a cult teaches? Please be sensitive. Have you ever had your heart broken?
@daisyduke6573 Heathen Man has Betrayed their CREATOR, choosing Idols in their own Image, Contendeding and Rebelling against HIM by forming False deities and clinging to them instead of their MAKER!
The CREATOR has been waiting patiently for Mankind to Stop Betraying HIM, the teachings of the coming progeny of King David will bring all of Mankind to the rightful worship of the CREATOR and HIM Alone!
This makes a lot of sense. Thanks.
This discussion begs the question: so what became of Hitler and his Nazis, who tortured and murdered so many millions of people?
It was so cruel if the government to make people die alone .
if a body is a dead thing, and the soul is a living thing, which gives life to a body, a body is a dead thing, made of earth, and the soul is the energy which turns it to life, than every living being has a soul! and we are all the same, humans and animals, even plants. I'm happy with this thought!
Everything... Compare it with a holodeck and then you'll see that nothing is not of GOD.
Thank you rabbi. Its so openly my mind and souls
If our soul reincarnates, and when it leaves the body, it remembers the body it had with all its memories, which body does the soul remembers then, if the soul reincarnated several times?
Hell is an experience we all live through at certain times in Life.Not to overcomplicate it
Hello Rabbi. I’m a Muslim. In YOUR Jewish belief, you believe in the resurrection of the dead in the time of the messianic age. So after this resurrection of the dead what happens next. I know you believe in Olam Haba, so after this resurrection of the dead do u believe everyone will go to olam haba. What happens in olam haba then? I’m curious
An informative talk. Thank you.
Thank you, Rabbi for sharing the Jewish tradition. I’m from the lens as a Catholic Christian. If I may humbly say, never in our Catechism does it teach us that we all go to Heaven and become angels. This could be the belief of non-Catholics. We believe people choose Hell, thus they reject God. We also believe ina place called Purgatory. A place to burn off impurities as nothing impure can enter God’s Kingdom. God bless!
Thank you Rabbi for your teachings. I do have a question regarding the after life concept. What about those people that claimed to go to hell and return? Those people tend to depict some very disturbing pictures of hell. Lastly, God must have sent me to watch your video because for the past 3 months I have been struggling with the idea of my existence, death and hell. I would wake up during my sleep frightened by the idea of dying. And I would call God’s name. Any thoughts you have on this matter would be appreciated. Thank you
I remember being very little and crying in my bed being scared to die. Now I welcome it!💕🙏
Repent and stay close to the Lord and your fear will be taken, there will only be the joy of going to meet your Creator.
Gentile here, greetings Rabbi
Brilliant talk thank you so much ⚔
Thank you very much
Thank you!
Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
What God gave, he may also take away.
Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Does God lie? Something must have died when Adam sinned, yet he lived 930 years.
Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Here God speaks to Adam as being the dust from the earth. Might the living soul have been rescinded? Do we get life from a mortal soul or, do we get life from the blood flowing through our veins?
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Genesis 9:4
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Note God did not say 'thy brother's soul crieth unto me'! What he does say is that all souls are His:
Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
What the Lord gives, He may also take away. Adam disobeyed God, so did he lose his soul on that day? Do note they were kicked out of Eden so they would not eat from the tree of life and live forever.
I just wanted to help get people thinking; God does not want to send people to hell, He created us for his pleasure:
Ezekiel 18:21-23
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
We don't need a hell in the afterlife - the pain and suffering in this world is hell enough.
When we repent we die to sin. Our soul is cleansed.
Nobody is in hell ..all the devils are here !!!!
Shakespeare
Living with regrets is like being Dead when youre alive.Dont do it,worry about what you can change only.
I have a question, referencing when you talked about "burning a soul" at 12:30 - 12:43. Referencing Isaiah 6:2 when we read "Heavenly creatures of fire stood above him...". If there are heavenly creatures of fire, proposing that a spiritual fire exists, why would that not have some type of standing in this context? *Genuinely asking*
Seraphim stood above for Him, six wings, six wings to each one; with two he would cover his face, and with two he would cover his feet, and with two he would fly.
Yeshayahu/Isaiah 6:2
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The kabalistic explanation is that these are angels who are burning and yearning with a desire to reach higher than their current level, like a flame which is always reaching upward in an effort to return to its source at the upper levels of the earth's atmosphere.
This video is very soothing.
Thank you
Saint Isaac the Syrian
“[T]hose who are punished in Gehenna are scourged by the scourge of love. Nay, what is so bitter and vehement as the torment of love? I mean that those who have become conscious that they have sinned against love suffer greater torment from this than from any fear of punishment. For the sorrow caused in the heart by sin against love is more poignant than any torment. It would be improper for a man to think that sinners in Gehenna are deprived of the love of God. Love is the offspring of knowledge of the truth which, as is commonly confessed, is given to all. The power of love works in two ways: it torments sinners, even as happens here when a friend suffers from a friend; but it becomes a source of joy for those who have observed its duties. Thus I say that this is the torment of Gehenna: bitter regret.”
I totally agree and i have always thought like this. ❤
Me, too, though I didn’t think a lot about it, consciously, until my near death experience. My relatives are, mostly, secular Jews, non-affiliated Christians and eclectics of mixed religious backgrounds. Everything the Rabbi described, I experienced, precisely. That’s when I started thinking of a negative afterlife experience, that way. Honestly, my afterlife preview was very beautiful. It was after I returned that I started feeling tormented by poor decisions, before that. During my spiritual experience, HaShem made me aware of my mistakes, in a loving and accepting way. I did not sense that I would be punished for them…only that I would feel regret, if I did not return to correct them, then finish what I am here to do. I was very fortunate, to have a choice. I agree that “Hell” is the regret of knowing it’s too late to change one’s ways and make amends. I feel like I just laid out the premise for, “A Christmas Carol,” lol. Forgive me if my words to describe this are a bit cliche. I guess people from various faiths have figured this out, at one point or another. The view that there aren’t two final destinations we are sorted into has been a formal part of the Jewish faith for a long time, however. I don’t know if I will ever attain my goals, but those may not be my purpose on earth, after all. I still try, but if I sense that what I want and my reality are different things, I try to accept and adapt to that. Getting good at that may be part of the purpose, as it is often a challenge.
Thank you Rabbi 😊
Now I understand why Jews are chosen they speak truth
It definitely tends to make a lot more sense and also seems far more logical and appealing than the Christian concept of hell.
The only two questions I have are:
1) Who or what entity determines that the soul is not worthy to be cleansed in hell for eventual preparation for heaven? I presume he means God.
2) How does one account for experiences/testimonials of those who were pronounced clinically and medically dead claiming that they have experienced being in hell? They describe their experiences as very much like the stereotypical images that we see everyday and according to them…it’s very horrifyingly real and very vivid to them.
An enlightening explanation, thank you. One thing there is though that did not fit well in my mind. That is, you say soul leaves body with the same personality, same strength & weaknesses as when being in body. At that point a question popping in my mind is that how is it possible for a soul to feel regretful and ashamed of the things that it did with the same personality as when within body? Was that not those same personal weaknesses that in the first place had led the soul to make those mistakes with little shame & hesitation while in body?
Thanks Rabbi
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Rabbi, what happens when it’s not hell that scares you, but death itself? Lately, I’m 51 & have lost nearly every person. I only have a spouse, who is 76. Not only am I terrified of losing my spouse, I know that life ends in death, and it’s all I can think about. You say, life doesn’t die & I absolutely believe in G-d. I am Jewish, I converted almost 20 years ago now, but this fear of death has overtaken me. Any suggestions?
What exactly is it about dying that scares you? Is there perhaps still some doubt left in you as to wether life really continues for the soul after the death of the body? Because if such doubt exists in you, it could explain your fear of dying as being a fear of the unknown.
As an agnostic who is strongly attracted towards Judaism and may one day convert, I have a solution for dealing with the fear of this uncertainty. It helps me accept it and have peace with it and it may just help you too:
If life ends for the soul as much as it ends for the body, you will be gone and no longer capable of suffering any fear. If life never ends for the soul and we get to experience the death of the body and the eternity that comes after that, whatever discomfort or fear we may suffer during that transition will be temporary. We will overcome it and we will grow comfortable with our new, body-less existance soon enough.
Throughout our lives we have gone through many periods of change, discomfort and uncertainty, but we've always soldiered through. Soldiering through the change, discomfort and uncertainty of losing our bodies would be no different. We did this before. We'll do it again. We got this.
i know this is no answer about death, but it's more about life... you've reached the tipping point, 50... subconsciously you may think you have less of life ahead of you than behind you... (i'm 70)... i can only answer for myself, but i decided to look at life differently, i began to savor moments longer, see life from a different angle, notice the little things, a kind smile, a gentle glance, a kittens purr... luck
Blessed 🙏🙏🙏 Rabbi ❤
You have taught me ,and I'm greatful.
our form is temporary. but the conscience and the atoms of your old shell exist for eternity.
Excellent Rabbi
Gehinnom is a real place, but why did God create it?
Two possible answers: 1. It’s more ideal to serve God out of love, but the Zohar says that this is ONLY possible if one FIRST has fear of God. Fear is a much stronger motivator than love, and the existence of punishment in the next world is a helpful tool for us to keep our strong animalistic tendencies in check, something that love alone won’t necessarily do. 2. Gehinnom isn’t merely punishment, it’s a cleansing and rehabilitation that allows souls to enter Gan Eden. The Stutchiner Rebbe once said that Gehinnom is like a hospital for souls, and they’re begging to get in and be healed (not that it’s a pleasant experience obviously, but neither are important medical procedures).
The 12-month period doesn't seem reasonable. When one lives a bad life, it will cause an eternity of regret because every action, good or bad, will be repeated in perpetuity.
Thank you so much for your time and sharing your wisdom. I have a question in regards to cremation. My 20 year old son passed on from this earth on June 18th , alittle over 2 months now. I made the choice to have cremated so his remains would be with me. I would like to know your thoughts about the resurrection for those that have been cremated and have had some of their remains spread . I must be honest I am definitely struggling with this and if I made the mistake in having this done (as if I can redo it ). I’m having a difficult time finding peace about this .
Don't worry about resurrection just help his Soul to go through the cleansing process. Pray with him till you feel that his Soul is free.... you'll know...
My mother was cremated 10 years ago, and I still have some of her ashes. From what I understand is that I should have put all her ashes in the ground. I can't help but wonder if me holding onto the remaining ash prevents the resurrection, if any, can even happen because of the cremation in the first place.
The reason Jews don’t “cremate” the body is because the soul doesn’t leave the body all @ once so cremation can cause the soul more pain than is necessary . In other words best to give the body a kosher burial and help it through prayer depart in its journey home to heaven .
A beautiful , logical explanation of live, death, soul, and hell or heaven. U said these is the Jewish way...but the most important question is : where in Thora is this explanation? Where u base on when telling this?
The Ramban (Nachmonidies) in Sha’ar Ha’Gemul Chapter 35 writes that the descriptions of Gehinnom given by the Sages are not mere parables. He writes in Chapter 36 that the FIRE of Gehinnom is of a different nature, and IS CAPABLE of burning souls.
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Rabbi, are these your thoughts that you share because I never see or hear you make reference to scriptures. Could you please start sharing your belief with the proof in the Tanakh ?
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EZK 18:31-31 "no pleasure in the death, the death says ADONAI, therefore turn & Live"
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Book of Living>Yeshaya 4:3
Thank you rabbi
Thank you rabbi, people who lost their love one need to know this. I like to join the VIP community, but time zones different 12 hours, Sunday nights VIP is Monday working time.Wednesday is 1 am sleep time. I can only join on public holidays or my holiday . I’m happy to listen the recordings.every answer and everything you say I applied to my self and tried to be a better person.forward it to whoever needed.what I liked about VIP is asking for good news, that changed the people, stop focusing on negative thoughts and focus on positive thoughts.thank you for being my mentor.
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I can almost hear christians and muslims gnash their teeth at this and I like that (dunno about hindus) but I appreciate this thinking.
Baruch Hasham, ברוך השם for the chosen one ☝️ for helping non Jewish people to understand about life and death.
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I m a happy non Jewish warrior, I have been enjoyed many of your posts and videos contents you shared since then, and finding Judaism ✡️ way of living are very helpful, inspiring, and calling, I hope continue to grow and practice the soul construction from my own experience with my rabbi.
Shabbat shalom
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The idea of death refers only to the physical. It is taken for granted that our spiritual selves never die. Each of us has a spiritual copy of our physical bodies and have had since conception. At physical death the two, spiritual and physical, simply separate. The physical loses it's vitality but the spiritual continues on, indeed it raises up and enters the Earth's spiritual worlds that we call the heavens. This is no mystery. Why do we make it one?
Thank you.
I would really appreciate references from Torah or Tanak to substantiate the twelve/eleven months of adjustment. Also the fact that people who died from covid went straight to heaven - what about sin not repented for? Would that argument not imply that all people who died in solitude, in pain or in suffering, would also bypass the adjustment period?
God bless
My personal HELL experience
Keep in mind that I am trying to describe the indescribable.
I have experienced this. This can be a hallucination, a dream, a demon, God's warning, revelation or punishment.
I'm not claiming anything, I'm saying what I experienced.
I woke up from my sleep, as if something had lifted me up.
Even though it was night, you can usually see some reflection of light somewhere at night.
This was total darkness.
There was no time, there was no yesterday, tomorrow, or today.
Everything stood still. It was all over.
It was a state without time, a state without space, in which there is no change.
It is impossible to change anything, because there is no time in which change could actually happen.
And I was in the utter darkness that devoured me from all sides.
The worst condemnation fell on me, as if I had become condemnation myself, as if my name was condemnation.
I couldn’t even think of anything different, because there I knew everything.
I have known and understood everything instantly.
I knew that it was my place and that I couldn't even think of being somewhere else, because everything was over there, everything was sealed, all the doors were closed.
Since everything is over there, it is impossible to hope that it will stop, there is no hope there.
The realization that there is no hope that this agony will end is an indescribable horror.
I don't know how long it lasted counting our time, nor can I determine, but it's as if it didn't last.
It was as if I had been drawn into another dimension or reality, experienced it, and then returned.
There I understood eternity, but not as temporal eternity, which we imagine in which millions and billions of years pass, but eternity without time, a simple state that is, that is without beginning and without end, that stands.
When I started to feel the ground under my feet,I have waved my hands around until I felt the wall and turned on the light.
My heart was pounding so hard that the pulse could be seen in the neck area.
Thank God I survived.
Day or two I was under a fierce impression, but life in our reality calmed me down over time.
Describe it in two words:
INHUMAN AGONY.
By all accounts it may be the abyss, or the Hebrew sheol.
Absolutely nothing in this world is, nor can it be, worth of that state.
It is truly the state opposite of life.
Here, in this life, it is possible to change something, to change yourself, to change something for the better.
Outhere, there is no change, there is what it is.
Everything there is over and finished.
Keep in mind that I am trying to describe the indescribable.
I have experienced this. This can be a hallucination, a dream,
a demon, God's warning, revelation or punishment.
I'm not claiming anything, I'm saying what I experienced.
Just search all the hell Near Death Experiences (eg. Howard Storm: Atheist College Professor dies and sees hell and demons - it changed his life - Pt 1)
One of the biggest regrets this 'teacher' will have in the afterlife is leading a lot of people to hell. And rejecting God.
Your experience sounds like Stephen King's: Langoliers. A plane full of passengers goes through a time warp to this place you describe. The most remarkable point of the story to me was when passengers waited for Captain of plane to tell them what to do in this emergency. Finally they went by their own instincts to get out of that time shift of shame and regret that they hadnt gone by their intuition since the start of their lives. And now there was no passion alive in this gray world they passed thru. When they reached the outcome of escaping that utter isolation and loss of a man dictating their choices, life of humans returned, the fizz of a soda sounded, and a match came aflame. Humanity in all its grotesque offences and fear-mongering mystery had suddenly awakened joy in the returned passengers that a redemptive reaction is waiting for us on the other side.
Interesting concept of Hell and Heaven within Judaism , its nice to know. My Rabbi says that Hell is Real and its for all Eternity, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. My Rabbi has also given me eternal comfort that I do not have to go there as He is My Salvation.
What about people that take their own lives because of severe mental Illness that they have done everything to fix but the pain and isolation is just too much to go on.
In 2 Peter there will be a final conflagration in which all of the elements will be burned up with a great heat. Then there will be a new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
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Forgive me my ignorance, but how jewish mistics got this information? Is there any support fot this in the Torah? How God of Israel revealed this information?
Baruch Hashem...
So if life never ends there is also no horrible eternal torture for anyone? Think about it, God just doesn't want to see sin.
Do you get this belief from scripture? If so where?