Hello Everyone,
Last week we began our discussion about Heaven and Hell ( we focused on Hell). We saw that the Ramban in his שער הגמול took great care to repeat the graphic descriptions of Hell found in the Midrashic literature. He viewed these descriptions to be fundamental to our understanding of Hashem’s judgment. The Rambam felt so strongly about this point that he took pains to explain why the Rambam omitted the description of Hell in his description of Hashem’s judgment.
Today we will see that not only the Rambam but his great predecessor Rav Sadiah Gaon did not describe Hell-גיהנם- in any detail. I think that when we study their writings we will understand their comprehension of eternal punishment and eternal reward.