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Originally Posted by dlish
thanks..this is a great thread
i have another one i've always wondered about...
loquitor touched on this earlier on the subject of hell. ive read that judaism doesnt have the concept of hell in the old testament, and as such there is no afterlife. could you please elaborate a little more on this?
its quite the opposite of christianity and islam where we have a heaven and a hell
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We do believe in an afterlife, as well as Messiah coming and people coming back then. we do not believe exactly in hell, for the most part consider hell going through a washing machine, where it cleans and removes the sins you have done. And trust me hell does not sound like a fun place from the little of it I have learned about. Where or what you get in afterlife is based on your life now, and so just because you are cleaned of sin does not mean you go to the VIP room of heaven.
Just saw your second part of the question, Muslim is added on top of the Torah, (so is Christianity so someone one day will explain why they do not do this), and we hold the day starts with sunset. So Friday night - Saturday night is Shabbos.
If you look in the beginning of the bible, in Breishis (genesis), it says וַיְהִי עֶרֶב וַיְהִי בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָד "it was evening it was morning one day"