Is Jewish believe in next life like Buddhist or heaven like Christian?

Question

I know that Buddhist believe in next life time. Is Jewish believe in next life or heaven?

If there is next life, will the person be punished because of the mistaken he/she made in this life time or will they have better next life because they have learn from this life time.

I got different answers the first time after I ask the question. Could you please answer the question with source? Thank you.

Answer 1

They accept the Hebrew scriptures [old testament]
Psalms 37:9,10,11 and 29
It says the wicked will be destroyed and the righteous will live forever on the earth. The meek will inherit the earth.
29 the earth will be here forever.
Isaiah is full of chapers that say war will be no more and we will live forever on a paradise earth.
the wicked will die and do as God told Adam in the garden of Eden "for dust you are and to dust you will return."
do not believe in hell.
NO if you come back, by dieing you have paid the price for your sin. You come back to life to start over.

Answer 2

Yes! Judaism believes the whole point of this world is to prepare for the next.
There are basically three options when you dies:
A) Gan Eden, or heaven. You don't have to be Jewish to get there; being a "righteous gentile" is also perfectly acceptable.
B) Gehennom, which is probably best translated a purgatory. It is a temporary place of shame and regrets, for any sins that haven't been punished in this life or repented of. The maximum stay in Gehennom, except for REALLY bad people (I'm talking axe murderers here) is twelve months.
C) Gilgul, or reincarnation. This, as far as I understand, is mostly for people who haven't fulfilled their primary purpose in life. They get sent back for another try. There are a lot of different mystical traditions about gilgul, such as how many changes you get or whether you can come back as an animal or such, but I'm no expert in kabala, so for details you'd have to ask one.

Answer 3

there is room in jewish belief for both heaven and reincarnation. jewish heaven is more spiritual, it means simply that your soul is moving closer to G-d. all souls are "punished" in a way before moving on to "heaven" but its not a physical, hellfire punishment. its called gehinnom and it is the spiritual pain the soul experiences when it realizes the effect its sins had on the world when the person was alive. jewish reincarnation has more to do with coming back to fulfill a purpose that you did not fulfill in your first life. its not a continuous cycle. i have also read some opinions that said that G-d might also let a person return in order to give them a second chance at life so that hopefully they will do better. beliefs in reincarnation come more from the mystical side of jewish tradition (kabbalah). here is a simple, small overview from the chabad web site (an orthodox jewish organization):

http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=160966

Answer 4

Jews believe, with reference to the Torah, in Sheol (I think roughly translated as 'land of the shadows') this could be a grim reference to a Greek-typre Underworld, or possibly, if taken metaphorically, just death. There is also a common held belief in bodily resurrection when the Messianic Age comes.

However, some Jews have taken on the Christian beliefs of heaven and hell.

Answer 5

It depends whom you ask.
Orthodox Judaism believes people live more than one lifetime. When they have achieved all they had to achieve, the soul can go back to its original source.
Other branches of Judaism such as the conservative, reform, and re-constructionist have other ideas, but I am not sure what they believe...

Answer 6

it's called faith.