In JUDAISM , do they believe in hell ,eternal torture,like in christianity and islam?

Answer 1

We believe that "hell" is a cleansing period the soul goes through before it enters heaven.
We also believe that all moral people merit heaven, regardless of their religious beliefs.

Answer 2

Why do people who don't know a thing about Judaism try to answer questions like this?

Docsholl's got the best answer so far.

The more liberal branches of Judaism tend to not believe in either heaven or hell. They believe that when you're dead, you're dead.

But Torah speaks of Gehinnom, and we Orthodox Jews still believe in it. It's a temporary place where souls go after death to be perfected. The typical time spent there is supposed to be from 9-12 months. Some of us may need a longer stay... :/

We also believe in HaOlam HaBa--the World To Come. This term actually references two ideas, one of them being the messianic age. It also means heaven, though. Heaven is a place of greater and lesser rewards--one who has lived a more scrupulous life will have a greater reward, for instance, whereas someone who hasn't been so careful won't be living so high on the hog...
(so to speak)!

An important thing to note is that Jews believe that "the righteous of all nations have a share in the world to come". In other words, heaven isn't limited to Jews. You don';t have to be a Jew to earn eternal reward--jYou just have to be righteous.

As far as what happens to truly evil people, like Hitler--y'know, I just don't know. I might have to come back later and edit!

Answer 3

Also, as a final note, we don't really spend a lot of time in general on thinking about this area; Judaism tends to focus much more on the here and now rather than the future in that sense.

Answer 4

Hell in the old testament refers to the pit or grave...........it was only till some translated the word Gehenna into hell and that's where they got the fiery torment............The Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna) was outside the walls of Jerusalem. For a time it was the site of idolatrous worship, including child sacrifice. In the first century Gehenna was being used as the incinerator for the filth of Jerusalem. Bodies of dead animals were thrown into the valley to be consumed in the fires, to which sulfur, or brimstone, was added to assist the burning. Also bodies of executed criminals, who were considered undeserving of burial in a memorial tomb, were thrown into Gehenna. Thus, at Matthew 5:29, 30, Jesus spoke of the casting of one’s “whole body” into Gehenna. If the body fell into the constantly burning fire it was consumed, but if it landed on a ledge of the deep ravine its putrefying flesh became infested with the ever-present worms, or maggots. (Mark 9:47, 48) Living humans were not pitched into Gehenna; so it was not a place of conscious torment.

So how they got hell out of this is behond me.

Answer 5

No, we don't even have a consensus on if there even is an afterlife, much less what happens in it. The concept of a hell of eternal torture is foreign to our religion, though.

Answer 6

Not in the Christian or Islamic sense, no.

I'm quoting here:

"The place of spiritual punishment and/or purification for the wicked dead in Judaism is not referred to as Hell, but as Gehinnom or She'ol.
According to most sources, the period of punishment or purification is limited to 12 months, after which the soul ascends to Olam Ha-Ba or is destroyed (if it is utterly wicked)"

The link below offers some very good information about what happens when we die.

An afterthought with a bit of poking humor at my Christian friends, from a bumper-sticker I once saw:
"It's your hell, YOU burn in it!"

Answer 7

i've got self belief interior the Jewish faith there is extra emphasis with abiding by using the policies of non secular regulation whilst a individual is alive to make the main of their time right here so they are meant to concentration on community, charity, friendship and what to no longer save up their accountability to be a good neighbor, family members member and so on., to that end i think of the concentration maintains to be on the present no longer there after. although, those subjects of charity and community are part of maximum religions like Christianity, islam, and so on.

Answer 8

No. Their belief of Hell is to be removed from God. There is no separate place, there is distance between yourself and God. That is their belief.

Answer 9

Nope there is no Hell in Judiasm.

Also, you are judged on your actions and character and not just on whether or not you have faith.

Answer 10

no, because in judism they all go through a period of final atonement for thier sins so they enter the afterlife purged.

this is often referred to in religious circles as "retirement in florida".

those that don't do this are not permitted to die and instead must remain as extras on the jackie mason show until they go through this atonement. Otherwise known as purgatory.