[8:1] The reward that is prepared for the righteous in the World to Come, is without death, and good without evil. The Torah alludes to this, saying, "You will have it good, and you will live long." (Deuteronomy 22:7). The Sages taught: "You will have it good," in the world that is entirely good, "and you will live long," in the world which is infinitely long, namely, the World to Come. The righteous are rewarded by their souls studying God's wisdom and unifying with the Holy light and intelligence of God, and sharing in this goodness. The wicked are punished and they do not merit this life¹. Instead they are cut off and cease to exist. Whoever does not merit this life, after death he will be cut off from his source of Holy light due to his sins, and perish like a beast. This is what the term kareis in the Torah means, as it is written, "Cut off shall he be cut off that soul." (Exodus 15:31). The Tractate (Sanhedrin 90b) explains, he shall be "cut off" in this world, and "shall be cut off," in the World to Come. When the soul of a person who is punished by kareis (premature death) leaves this world, it does not merit life in the World to Come.

[8:2] There are no physical bodies² in the World to Come. Only the souls of the righteous, without a body, exist, similar to the ministering angels. Since there are no physical bodies, there is neither eating, drinking, nor any other bodily function of this worl