- Torah and Jewish Thought
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Eternal punishment in Orthodox Judaism
Question
When we speak of eternal punishment for those who have no share in the world-to-come, is this punishment everlasting torture or the soul ultimately ceasing to exist?
Answer
The souls of those rare individual super-evil, usually simply cease to exist, but in even rarer cases, undergo eternal punishment.

Why does love sometimes hurt?
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Cheshvan 2, 5782

What are angels and Satan in Judaism?
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Kislev 22, 5782

Was King Solomon righteous?
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Av 16, 5774

How’s obliterating Amalek different from Arab Jihad?
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Av 16, 5774

Rabbi Ari Shvat
Lectures at various yeshivot, michlalot and midrashot. Has published many books & Torani articles and is in charge of Rav Kook’s archives.

Yericho conquest by Yehoshua
Tevet 28, 5771

Delaying aliya for career and studies
Adar II 25, 5771

Investing in firm selling Chametz
Adar I 23, 5771

Gentile Prophets
Adar II 25, 5771
Genesis 24: 2-9 – Put your hand under my thigh
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 26, 5770

Water - Kosher?
Rabbi Dr. Aharon Adler | 4 Tevet 5763
Genesis 24: 2-9 – Put your hand under my thigh
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 26, 5770

Classification - Dati Leumi - Orthodoxy
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Elul 23, 5779

Rabbanut of Copenhagen
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Sivan 5, 5783

Troubled by Basic Questions: God, Torah, Running the World..
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyyar 27, 5783

Ohr Hashem Part 4, Chaper 5
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Sivan 2, 5783
