Resurrection of the Dead at the End of the Days

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1. On the Resurrection of the Dead - Part 1

   Rabbi Yaakov Medan

   Vague allusions to the resurrection of the dead exist in the Torah. More substantial ones are found in Yeshayahu and Yehezkel. Daniel is the first to mention the resurrection explicitly. The Torah’s war against murder and human sacrifice may be the reason the Torah hid the concept of resurrection in the fear that it might minimize the severity of these sins. However, sacrificing one’s life to sanctify God’s Name that Daniel and his companions introduce in advance of the religious wars waged against the Jews by the Greek empire necessitated the stressing of this concept. The resurrection and other principles of faith that were not existent in an immediate reality needed to be transferred in Oral Law and not in the Torah.

2. On the Resurrection of the Dead - Part 2

   Rabbi Yaakov Medan

   The importance of the faith in the resurrection of the dead is stressed by the Sages and the Rambam. God’s original plan was for man to live eternally. The serpent/Satan interfered with this plan by encouraging sin in the world, thus introducing death at first and subsequently the significant truncation of the length of man’s life. Failing to believe in the resurrection of the dead is equated with believing that the serpent/Satan was victorious over God. Is the resurrection of the dead a reward for the righteous or an awakening for a great day of judgement for all – righteous and wicked?

3. On the Resurrection of the Dead - Part 3

   Rabbi Yaakov Medan

   The Rambam posits that the ultimate punishment for the wicked is ceasing to exist like an animal. The Ramban disagrees and believes that the ultimate punishment is eternal suffering. The Rambam posits that the ultimate reward is a non-corporeal existence in the World to Come. The Ramban disagrees and believes that the ultimate reward is the resurrection of the dead and living a corporeal existence in the World to Come. The various stages of judgement of the soul and the judgement’s relationship to the World to Come and the resurrection of the dead are evaluated in great detail.

4. Yeshayahu 25-26

   Matan Al HaPerek

   Rabbi David Sabato

   This perek continues the description of the End of Days begun in perek 24. It opens with a psalm of praise describing the upheaval of the evil city and the salvation of the poor (1-5). The psalm concludes with a description of Israel’s salvation and the defeat of Moav (9 12). The heart of the psalm describes the future annulment of death which completes the visions regarding the End of Days begun in perakim 2 and 11.