>>14380115>What's the point of living longer if you believe that you will go to heaven when you diethere is a story about a tzadik who died with only one sin he didn't clean up. The decision in heaven was either to go back and live another life to try again, or, 3 days in Gehinom, the tzadik chose gehinom.
So the angels of death held the tzadik by his hands and they went to Gehinom. The tzadik at one point asked if they were already there since he could feel the heat, they said not yet, it's much farther.
They continued, the tzadik started to get desperate, he asked if they were in Gehinom already, the angels replied they were still far away. The tzadik then begged HaShem to go back. HaShem listened to the tzadik because he was rightous after all, so He asked again what he preferred, Gehinom for 3 days, or live another 70, 80, 90 years? The tzadik chose to live another life again, and it was so.
There is also the fact that the more mitzvot you do while alive, the bigger your reward in the next world
> Wouldn't it make more sense to want to die sooner so that you can get to heaven faster?I guess, but people have so many sins, 40 years is hardly enought to repent for everything
