Gehinnom in Jewish Mythology

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Gehinnom, Sheol, and the Jewish traditions about punishment after death, purification of the soul, and the fate of the wicked.
Myth 5 min

Og Feasted Unnamed While Jobs Friends Were Saved

Og ate at Abraham's table and left no name in the joy. Jobs three friends came to a house of ash, kept their names, and Gehinnom (afterlife of judgment) lost.

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Myth 5 min

Prophets Knocked While Sagron Held the Gate

Prophets beat on the closed chamber and cried for open lips. Below, the wicked laughed in a smiling hour, and Israel could not yet thank with a whole heart.

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Myth 6 min

Akiva Smiled While Eliezer Lay Dying

The room smelled of vinegar cloths and a lamp burned too long. Everyone around Eliezer's bed was weeping. One face in the circle looked almost glad.

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Myth 6 min

Luleyanus and Pappos Answered Trajan's Taunt

The chains cut both brothers' wrists. They told the emperor they were sinners, not righteous men owed a furnace miracle. A guard laughed once, then stopped.

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Myth 5 min

Isaac Felt the Walls Heat When Esau Returned

Isaac feared he had blessed the wrong son. Then Esau stood in the doorway wailing that Jacob had once bought his birthright with a bowl of lentils.

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Parshat Ki Teitzei 6 min

The Soul Sent Back to Hunt the Rest of Himself

He arrived expecting the fire of Gehinnom (afterlife of judgment) and was ordered back into a body instead, stripped to his Nefesh, the rest of him left.

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