[Rebecca]

The short answer is no. Judaism doesn't 'discuss' an afterlife. Life, and living properly, is something that is simply expected. It's not an optional thing, and no 'reward' is a necessary enticement. By the same token, if one chooses to not live up to his or her obligations, no threat, no matter how dire (read: hell) would be a deterent. That said, different traditions have different ideas of what happens after we die. Some Jews believe in reincarnation (of a sort). Others believe we lie in the Earth, awaiting the Messiah, and that when the Messiah comes, we will rise up as we were at the moment of death. Still others believe that once you die, you are dead, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, and the only living on that you do is in the memories of those who loved you. There are also folk tales, and teaching stories that make mention of heaven. But not the type of heaven Christians typically think of. Often, in these stories, 'heaven' is decribed as a Yeshiva, or religious school. If you are a good Jew, then an eternal Yeshiva would be heavenly to you. If you are a bad Jew, the same Yeshiva is a hell.

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[Rebecca]

It is neither. Food purchased from a Jewish organization is generally Kosher, that is, it follows the Jewish dietary laws. It is no more 'Jewish Food' than donuts purchased from a church would be be 'Christain Food'. Hebrew (since the diaspora), refers only to the language. Hebrew is the language spoken in Israel, and the language that the Torah is written in.

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