Ecclesiastes chapter 9;
5 For the living are conscious that they will die but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten. 6 Also, their love and their hate and their jealousy have already perished, and they have no portion anymore to time indefinite in anything that has to be done under the sun.
10 All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, the place to which you are going.
Answer:
One of the central beliefs of Judaism, as codified by Rambam (Maimonides, 1135-1204), is that the soul continues to exist and is treated in accordance with the person's actions while he/she was alive.
Our ancient sages emphasized the importance of being aware of this: "This world is a mere entranceway before the afterlife" (Mishna, Avot ch.4).
All outstanding accounts are settled after this life. Some cases illustrate this point, since this entire world wouldn't be enough to reward a Moses or punish a Hitler.
The afterlife is detailed at length in the Talmud. A full 20 pages of Talmud (Sanhedrin 90-110) are given to this subject. The afterlife is also referred to briefly in Torah (Bible) verses such as Genesis 15:15, which states that "You (Abraham) will come to your fathers in peace and will be buried in good (ripe; full) old age." This does not mean merely to be buried with one's forefathers, since Abraham was not buried with them. Such verses are stated many times.
The prophets are more explicit with such references (see Isaiah 26:19, Daniel 12:13).
The Tanakh does not delve into detail of the rewards of the righteous, because other religions could compete with even more poetic promises. Also because belief in the afterlife was shared by all ancient societies and needed little reiteration. See the Kli Yakar commentary to Leviticus ch. 26 for a fuller discussion.
One of the central beliefs of Judaism, as codified by Rambam (Maimonides, 1135-1204), is that the soul continues to exist and is treated in accordance with the person's actions while he/she was alive.
Our ancient sages emphasized the importance of being aware of this: "This world is a mere entranceway before the afterlife" (Mishna, Avot ch.4).
All outstanding accounts are settled after this life. Some cases illustrate this point, since this entire world wouldn't be enough to reward a Moses or punish a Hitler.
The afterlife is detailed at length in the Talmud. A full 20 pages of Talmud (Sanhedrin 90-110) are given to this subject. The afterlife is also referred to briefly in Torah (Bible) verses such as Genesis 15:15, which states that "You (Abraham) will come to your fathers in peace and will be buried in good (ripe; full) old age." This does not mean merely to be buried with one's forefathers, since Abraham was not buried with them. Such verses are stated many times.
The prophets are more explicit with such references (see Isaiah 26:19, Daniel 12:13).
The Tanakh does not delve into detail of the rewards of the righteous, because other religions could compete with even more poetic promises. Also because belief in the afterlife was shared by all ancient societies and needed little reiteration. See the Kli Yakar commentary to Leviticus ch. 26 for a fuller discussion.
This question may be divided into two answers: physically and spiritually.
Physically: it depends on the period in question. In WW2, the Jews who were killed by the Nazis were burned or buried in mass graves.
Spiritually:
One of the central beliefs of Judaism, as stated in the Talmud (Mishna, Sanhedrin 11:1) and codified by Rambam (Maimonides, 1135-1204), is that the soul continues to exist and is treated in accordance with the person's actions while he or she was alive.
Those who were killed because of their Judaism were sanctifying God's name, whether willingly or not, and they have a corresponding reward. See also the attached Related Link.
they either get killed or they have to work till they die or get killed
People from all races, creed and colours die at christmas. Jews are not excluded from this.
The family went into hiding because the Nazis's were arresting Jews and they didn't want to die.
Not to die you idiot da!
They were killed.
They would go on cattle trains were they would squeeze as many people on as they possibly could. Allot of people would die
Muslims go for worship (praying) to mosque or any clean place. Jews go to synagogue.
The holocaused is a time when Hitler ruled and many Jews had to go to camps and were separated from their parents and siblings, eventually were put into a gas room to die.
The Jews were taken to extermination camps by force. They did not 'agree' to go voluntarily.
Jews hometown is Israel which also a place of pylgrimage
Very few did, but when the joined it was because they would either go to concentration camps and die, or join the army._____Hitler did not "capture Jews to be in his armies". A small number of German quarter Jews (that is, with one Jewish grandparent) were allowed to join the German armed forces. However, the notion that Jews were given a choice is nonsense.
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