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Thank you Rabbi Dweck and Shavua Tov! Regarding the physical resurrection and fulfillment of the physical world, can we assume that observance of the Torah and mitzvot would continue to apply in such a state of existence (i.e. before the second physical death)? Ramban and Ramchal (among others, if I now remember correctly) held the view that one of the rewards of Tehiyat HaMetim is the opportunity to study and observe Torah fully, free from distractions of this life; in a sense making Tehiyat HaMetim the truest fulfillment of Avot 4:2 ("for the reward of a mitzvah is a mitzvah")
Hi Raymond! Thank you for reading and commenting. Missing you! Yes, as Rambam says at the end of hilkhot Megila, the misvot of the Torah are always applicable to life in this world.
Thank you Rabbi Dweck and Shavua Tov! Regarding the physical resurrection and fulfillment of the physical world, can we assume that observance of the Torah and mitzvot would continue to apply in such a state of existence (i.e. before the second physical death)? Ramban and Ramchal (among others, if I now remember correctly) held the view that one of the rewards of Tehiyat HaMetim is the opportunity to study and observe Torah fully, free from distractions of this life; in a sense making Tehiyat HaMetim the truest fulfillment of Avot 4:2 ("for the reward of a mitzvah is a mitzvah")
Hi Raymond! Thank you for reading and commenting. Missing you! Yes, as Rambam says at the end of hilkhot Megila, the misvot of the Torah are always applicable to life in this world.
RJD