Is It Possible To Have Eternal Suffering?
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0:52forever until their soul is completely destroyed. Who are the people that are considered really wicked to the extent of eternal punishment? I'll give you just a couple of examples that are relevant to everyone: someone who violates Shabbat and dies without doing teshuva, meaning... Not because they violated Shabbat by accident, and not because they violated Shabbat one time, two times, five times, or even a hundred times but then started keeping Shabbat. No, no. Someone who consistently, at the end of their life, was mechalel Shabbat, is considered worse. They drove on Shabbat, watched TV on Shabbat, smoked cigarettes on Shabbat, lit fires on Shabbat, or worked on Shabbat. Someone who dies in such a state, according to Halacha, is viewed by Hashem as a person who has committed a grave sin, even more severe than that of a murderer. Worse than a murderer. The punishment for a murderer is not as bad as the punishment for a Mechalel Shabbat. One of the ways we know this is through the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments go in order: the first commandment is that Hashem says, "I am the one that took you out of Egypt." Then He says, "Don't have any other gods." Then, "Don't use my name in vain." Then the fourth commandment, "Keep Shabbat." The fifth commandment, "Honor your parents." The sixth commandment, "Don't murder."
2:10So Chazal say, how come don't murder before Shabbat? Because the murderer, even though he murdered, still has a share in Olam Haba (the World to Come). He can still go, after he goes to Gehenom and suffers for a little while, to Gan Eden if he was righteous in other areas. But the Mechalel Shabbat? No Gan Eden. No Gan Eden, ever. Meaning, Rabotai, if you're not keeping Shabbat yet, it's time to start. It's time to start. This is not a suggestion; it's a vital part of our Torah and heritage. So the people that are part of the wicked, it depends on how wicked they are. If they're among the worst, like Mechalelei Shabbat, then they have a permanent problem. If they are a little bit wicked, then they have a temporary problem. But hopefully they'll pay enough in this world. A little bit of suffering here and there will always help you not have to suffer later on. But definitely, it's not going to be a quiet scene, because one of the things that the Gemara says is... Part of the punishment for the wicked is that they are actually going to see the reward of the righteous. They're going to see all the righteous people receive their reward while they're suffering. That's part of what makes it even much, much worse. So imagine you see all of your enemies receiving the best things in the world while you're suffering; that makes your suffering much, much worse, much, much worse. That's part of the punishment.
