Description of Olam Haba - WebShas

[muman613]

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Description of the World to Come

      Mitzvot for which one has reward in this world and in the World to Come: Shabbat 127a
      The great reward, in this world and in the World to Come, for a "light" Mitzvah: Menachot 44a
      In the World to Come the Good in everything will be obvious, so that there will be no need for the Blessing of "The Judge of Truth," only "The Good and Beneficient": Pesachim 50a
      The Evil Inclination testifying against its host in the World to Come: Succah 52b
      The World to Come as a World without physical desire or jealousy or anger or competition; only the Righteous Enjoying Manifestation of Gd's Presence: Berachot 17a
      Gd's Name will be written and pronounced in the identical "Yud"-"Hay" form: Pesachim 50a
      The light for the Righteous entering the World to Come is like the Morning Light: Pesachim 2a
      Torah Scholars will not find any peace, even in the World to Come: Moed Katan 29a
      Light will be plentiful in the World to Come: Pesachim 50a
      Understanding of [difficult sections of Torah such as] Leprosy and Structures Containing Death-Impurity: Pesachim 50a
      The rich and important will be taken lightly, while those who are downtrodden in this World will be on top: Pesachim 50a
      Praised is one who arrives there with his Torah learning at hand: Pesachim 50a
      People killed by the king have the highest place in the World to Come: Pesachim 50a
      The Harugei Lud in the World to Come: Pesachim 50a
      Crown for those who Give Charity in secret: Shabbat 104a
      Whether the deceased communicate with each other: Berachot 18b-19a
      Whether the dead are aware of what is happening in this world: Berachot 18b-19a
      Who is great in the next world, according to reports by Titus, Bilam and Jews who sinned while here on earth: Gittin 56b-57a


"Shortcuts" to the World to Come

      General Issues of "Shortcuts": MYT Berachot 1:6:6
      One's Rebbe is the one who brings him into the World to Come: Bava Metzia 33a
      Power to promise someone else a share in the World to Come: Taanit 29a
      Earning a share in Olam HaBa as a Reward for having one more Mitzvah than transgression: Kiddushin 39b
      Entry of a Nochri into Olam HaBa: Taanit 29a
      Olam HaBa is only acquirable via Suffering: Berachot 5a
      For Shema and for the Amidah: Berachot 16b
      Linking Prayer of Redemption to the Amidah at the Evening Prayer: Berachot 4b, 9b
      Reciting Ashrei (thrice) daily: Berachot 4b
      Honoring one's parents: Shabbat 127a; Kiddushin 39b, 40a
      Acts of Generosity: Shabbat 127a; Kiddushin 39b, 40a
      Living in Israel: Pesachim 113a
      Keeping Peace: Shabbat 127a; Kiddushin 39b, 40a
      Housing Guests: Shabbat 127a; Kiddushin 39b
      Raising one's children to learn Torah: Pesachim 113a
      Making Havdalah? on wine left over from Kiddush: Pesachim 113a
      One can tell whether a person is a member of the World to Come, by the nature of their Eulogy: Shabbat 153a
      Acquired through Learning Torah: Bava Metzia 33a
      Acquired through Learning Torah Laws: Megillah 28b
      R' Pereida had a student who needed to have a lesson repeated 400 times in order for him to learn it properly. Once, the student still didn't understand, and the student explained it was because he had heard someone telling R' Pereida he would have to get R' Pereida for a Mitzvah later, so that the student had his mind on R' Pereida having to leave. R' Pereida then sat and taught him the lesson 400 more times. A Divine Voice emerged and offered R' Pereida 400 years of extra life, or merit for the next world for his generation. R' Pereida took the latter, and so Gd gave him both: Eruvin 54b
      A person who thinks before he acts, weighing the benefit of a Mitzvah against the loss due to a transgression, will merit to see the time of the Messiah: Sotah 5b


Losing one's share in the Next World

      A man who crosses a body of water behind a woman: Eruvin 18b
      A man who sleeps with a woman who is married to another still enters the next world: Bava Metzia 59a
      One who embarrasses another loses his share in the next world: Bava Metzia 59a

[Moshe92]

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[The One and Only Mo]

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