Do Jewish people believe in heaven?

Question

If so, what differences are ther between the Jewish and Christian views of the afterlife?

Answer 1

Yes we do. In fact, it is one of the fundamental beliefs of judaism as codified by maimonides (google: maimonides 13 fundamentals).
We also believe in hell, but it is very different from the christian perspective. no devils with pitchforks. it's not forever. in fact, hell -- in our conception -- is a good thing! it's a cleansing process. after one's stay there one enters into heaven. (its sorta like rehab for the soul.)

Answer 2

Not really. Depends on the sect.

HOWEVER. One of the primary ideas centers on the idea of creation and end.

In the beginning was Ayin, that nothingness that is so nothing that to say, "It is nothing," is to define it and make it no longer Ayin. From this, the Worshipped G-d comes. It is profound to understand that "G-d came from nothing" is a statement of the beginning of G-d.

G-d wished to create, but G-d filled all that was. So G-d withdrew from itself, creating a void, which was not Ayin for the void existed. Into the void, G-d emminated the Adam Kadmon, the first light. As this energy trickled down lower and lower, it reached a point where its containers could no longer hold the perfection of the light, and the containers shattered, creating the Tzit-Tzum (the shattering).

The goal of existence is to repair the Tzit-Tzum so that the emminated Adam Kadmon can return to the source, the Worshipped G-d, so that the Worshipped G-d can return to the Ayin.

In short, all that is of G-d will return to G-d. Anything that contained even the slightest spark at all will return to G-d. There is no being so completely void of purpose that it contains no aspect of this Adam Kadmon -- even Hitler was capable of love (Eva Braun). So even the spark he carried will one day return to the source.

Hell is not a possibility under Jewish teaching. G-d cannot infinitely punish for finite sin, and to say that Hell separates from G-d eternally is to say that G-d is capable of failure, that G-d could lose a part of itself. In the end, ALL, every last thing that exists, returns to G-d, and then to Ayin.

Jews and Christians disagree STRONGLY on the nature of the afterlife, contrary to some claims.

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Answer 4

The afterlife is a fundamental of Jewish belief!

The creation of man testifies to the eternal life of the soul. The Torah says, "And the Almighty formed the man of dust from the ground, and He blew into his nostrils the SOUL of life" (Genesis 2:7). On this verse, the Zohar
states that "one who blows, blows from within himself," indicating that the soul is actually part of G-d's essence. Since G-d's essence is completely spiritual and non-physical, it is impossible that the soul should die. (The commentator Chizkuni says this why the verse calls it "soul of LIFE.") heaven is a key belief in the jewish religion, we do not believe in the birt of god's son jesus christ..we still believe in God. thankyou for showing interest though.

Answer 5

Can't answer for the Christians :-) But I believe that after the physical life here I'll go back to God and be as one with him. If I'm close to him (what is considered good) in my life then my returning will give me ultimate pleasure (not like the low worldly ones) On the other hand if I've been spending my life busy with the pleasures here I fear that I won't like it much back with God afterwards.

Answer 6

I think so. Christian is actually a religion that used to just be a section of Judiasm, so they're actually quite similar. Jewish people just don't believe that Jesus was their messiah.

Answer 7

Yes. The main ones I can think of are that we don't believe people turn into angels, it isn't an all-or-nothing-deal, there are individual levels of reward, and non-Jews can get it too.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

It's all vague. For example, they don't believe in hell, they just believe that something bad will happen. It's all just never specifiied.

Answer 10

yes they do. but i don't think they believe that people can go there after they die like Christians do. they just believe that it's where God and angles live. But their views of the after life is such.

They believe that when we die we all go to Hades. Which is nothing more then the grave. The earth that we are buried in. They also believe in Gehenna which isn't a place but more like a state of relationship with God. Everyone that "goes" to Gehenna will not be resurrected in paradise, which is on earth. That part might not make sense to you but it's only because you need to learn more about the paradise in their religion. It will take too long to explain.