The Rambam posits that the ultimate punishment for the wicked is ceasing to exist like an animal. The Ramban disagrees and believes that the ultimate punishment is eternal suffering. The Rambam posits that the ultimate reward is a non-corporeal existence in the World to Come. The Ramban disagrees and believes that the ultimate reward is the resurrection of the dead and living a corporeal existence in the World to Come. The various stages of judgement of the soul and the judgement’s relationship to the World to Come and the resurrection of the dead are evaluated in great detail.

Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion