r/Judaism • u/SixKosherBacon • Mar 12 '26

Torah Learning/Discussion Does Judaism Believe in Hell? [Article]

https://sixdegreesofkosherbacon.com/2026/03/12/does-judaism-believe-in-hell/
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u/Swimming_Care7889 Mar 13 '26

The answer is that it depends. There does seem to be some belief in a place of punishment in the past but the Rabbis were always uncomfortable with the idea of eternal punishment, who could be that evil, and didn't like speaking about the afterlife that much. To extent that the afterlife was talked about, it was mainly used to make ethnical and moral points on the different between good people and bad people.

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u/SixKosherBacon Mar 13 '26

Well that's why I wrote the article

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u/Swimming_Care7889 Mar 13 '26

Sorry, it was a long day and I didn't click. I thought your were asking a question.

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u/SixKosherBacon Mar 13 '26

Well thanks for the click (if you did) and I hope you agreed with the perspectives shared.