Heaven & Hell

Where do we go? What is heaven and hell? Do we ever get sent back for a second life? Is there any way to make contact with a departed loved one?

One day about 200 years ago there was a fire in hell. The whole place burned down. It was bound to happen, with those infernal fires burning night and day and the old devils getting careless over the years...

I've committed a number of sins over the years; am I going to burn in Hell?

We don’t say a person “will be going to heaven.” We say this person is “a child of the world to come.” Heaven is not just somewhere you go. It is something you carry with you.

While departing this world, all Jewish souls ascend via the Land of Israel.

Learn the real meaning of Heaven and Hell, the experience of the soul after a person passes on, and the concept of angels.

a) Various sources suggest that Gehinom, Purgatory, is a physical place, somewhere deep beneath the earth's surface, where the souls of the wicked are punished. For example, the Midrash in Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer (10) says, "The whale that swallowed Jonah ...

Question: I'm a secular Jew and I'm afraid of going to hell. What does the Torah say about hell and will I go there simply because I don't observe the Shabbat, Jewish holidays, or the laws of kosher? All-in-all, I think I'm a very decent human being -- ...

This stimulating talk presents the Jewish perspective on the soul, afterlife, reincarnation and resurrection.

Sometimes you need to see things in your mind's eye; sometimes you need to close your eyes and see things with your soul...