Why Rambam Would Have a Short Career at a Jewish Day School

Rambam:Okay Kids let's talk a bit about olam haba! Who here is the smartest kid in the class.

[everyone looks at the nerdy kid with the glasses]

Rambam: Okay if he works really hard to do Torah and Mitzvot and THEN sits and studies philosophy for a long long time, then maybe, just maybe he will generate enough active intellect to gain immortality

Dumb Kid: But what about the rest of us?

Rambam: You guys are around so he won't be too lonely

Dumb Kid: But what happens after WE die

Rambam: Hmmm you'll probably be gone forever.


(The Rambam claimed to believe in the Resurrection of the Dead so maybe not FOREVER)