Afterlife

Today is the anniversary of my mother's death. Due to water damage to our bathroom we are currently staying in a hotel at night. I come back to the house to attend to various tasks and use our computer during the day. Our insurance company is moving us to another hotel tomorrow. I do not want to leave a lit candle unattended in an empty house but the hotel has a No open flame policy and I don't want to leave an unattended candle in a hotel room either. Is it permissible to douse the candle when I leave the house to go back to the hotel and relight the candle tomorrow when I come back to my house?

I am a Muslim and we believe in life after death and heaven and hell to be given based on score card after accountability. What is the concept of hell and heaven in Judaism?

Hello, I was wondering if Gehinnom has a set amount of time that a soul must spend in it and if it does what happens with it after that period. Many thanks.

Can I visit grave of my recently August 3 2024 diseased husband on Yom Kippur, I heard not to visit. for 12 month Thank you.

How is a segula separate from using an intermediary? Because it doesnt explicitly say in Written Torah, unlike offerings and sacrifices that we should use segulot.

I am in the Shloshim for my mother. May I attend the Chanukas Sefer Torah ceremony, done in honor of my deceased brother/

Dear Rabbi: Is it true that the original Septuagint omitted the phrase "before the Ark," in Joshua 7:6? If so, why do modern version contain the phrase. Thank you, any help you may offer. Was the phrase included in the original Hebrew? Thank you, PW

I’m 71 year old man. My great-grandmother’s (my mother’s mother’s mother) Jewish family immigrated from Poland in the late 1800s. I first visited a synagogue when I was 14 years old and was told because it was on my mother's side that I was Jewish. I know nothing of the Jewish faith other than from my Christian upbringing, but I feel a desire to know more. Where can I start please? Am I a Jew by birth?