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Gehinnom refers, generally, to a limited-time experience
(Edyos 2:10) in the afterlife where the soul is purged of its blemishes. The name "Gehinnom" comes from the valley to the
south of Jerusalem, known as the Valley (Gei) of the son of Hinnom, where children were at one time sacrificed to the
idolatrous cult, Molech (II Kings 23:10; Jer. 2:23; 7:31-32; 19:6). For this reason the valley was deemed accursed, and Gehinnom
thus became a synonym for Purgatory.
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