tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669597641513421106.post821683036010205047..comments2024-03-03T21:23:24.175-05:00Comments on Inspire Yourself: The Next WorldChaya Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13283921497721772312noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669597641513421106.post-21417461995016290652011-06-26T23:29:39.514-04:002011-06-26T23:29:39.514-04:00This may be asking more than is available, but do ...This may be asking more than is available, but do you know of a Torah Shebichtav remez, hint, esmachta, reference to there beying an afterlife? Sonmeone close to me, who has real questions for very real reasons, is asking me and I don't know what to respond.Tamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801476120486455016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669597641513421106.post-47156283320667511162011-06-16T20:46:10.302-04:002011-06-16T20:46:10.302-04:00Liat-first of all, welcome back to the blog! It...Liat-first of all, welcome back to the blog! It's good to see your name in the comments section again :-)<br /><br />You can listen to part of the song (it's track #8) or download it from mostly music's website by clicking <a href="http://www.mostlymusic.com/volume-1.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />That's a great question! Firstly, we say in the beginning of <i>pirkei avos</i>, <i>kol yisroel yesh lahem chelek l'olam habah</i> - every single person has a portion in the world to come. You can look at it as a piece of land - every person has that plot and it's up to you to decide what you want to do with it. You can plant beautiful fruit trees, flowers, tomatoes, strawberries (mitzvos) or if a person ignores it (wastes their time in this world on things that don't count in the next world), weeds will grow there and their piece of land will be in ruins. There's always teshuva - where a person can work on the field, get rid of the weeds and start all over again but who doesn't want the most beautiful garden to start off with and nurture so it gets to be as stunning as possible?!<br /><br />There are certain things a person can do in this world that can destroy their garden that they may work hard to prepare while they are in this world. But Hashem, in His ultimate kindness, created a system so that a person can fix their mistakes while they are still alive and get rid of their aveiros. Besides for the ability to repent and come back, Hashem put the concept of yissurim - pain, into this world so that when a person goes through hardships, no matter how small (or big) that difficulty is, they are erasing their aveiros, cleaning their garden, getting rid of the small pebbles and weeds that grew in their piece of land. Then, they can make way for more beautiful flowers, tasty veggies and fruit trees - and then they will get eternal reward when they are in the next world!<br /><br />I hope this helps answer your question - please let me know!!Devorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467731180285925143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669597641513421106.post-86055081317326465182011-06-16T16:59:12.673-04:002011-06-16T16:59:12.673-04:00thanx so much for posting this up! also is there a...thanx so much for posting this up! also is there a way we can hear this song? like is it found on the internet somewhere?<br /><br />i have a question:<br />there are somethings in this world that says if you do such a thing you go to gehenum and others say if you do xyz you go strait to olam habah-so what if someone does both? what happens? also for ex. it says that if someone is chutzpa/hits his parent then they go to gehenum, <br />but it also says that if you make others happy-then you olam haba-so what if someone did both?Liat Knopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12584129037822307628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669597641513421106.post-90847925825021700932011-06-15T11:01:01.478-04:002011-06-15T11:01:01.478-04:00DB-thank you so much for your comment. You are so ...DB-thank you so much for your comment. You are so right. <br />This song gives me the chills...and yes, that IS the most important part of the song because it highlights the message so clearly!Devorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467731180285925143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669597641513421106.post-91450920059521722892011-06-14T23:09:02.355-04:002011-06-14T23:09:02.355-04:00Wow, that was really beautiful. I've heard tha...Wow, that was really beautiful. I've heard that song many times but I never understood the context.<br /><br />It's amazing how the world at large tends to think the same way as that unborn child; when someone passes away, they continually mourn the deceased and have difficulty moving on in life, and understandably so. What they fail to understand is that after this world comes another, and by acting righteously in this world, one merits a portion in the world to come, whose greatness those still living in this world can not begin to comprehend!! And so, while friends and relatives mourn what they see as total death, the one who passed away is actually in the best place possible!<br />I think the most important words from the song are:<br /><br />"My dear brother<br />Where have you gone?<br />Is this the moment I have known?<br />I can faintly hear the cry<br />My dear brother must have died<br />It's all over now forever I'm alone<br />It's all over now forever I'm alone <br /><br />But dear brother<br />Please don't mourn me when my life has just begun<br />For what you hear are sounds of joy<br />"Congratulations it's a boy"<br />Oh i believe that there is a world to come"<br /><br />Thank you for reminding me the importance of using every moment to create merits for the world to come.<br /><br />And one thing I can say beyond doubt: Devorah and Chaya Sara, you guys are loaded with the most amazing merits that exist!DBnoreply@blogger.com