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Beyond the question of losing one's share in the World to Come, Rambam notes the tradition of 24 sins that get in the way of the ability to repent.  These, along with a first discussion of freewill, show us how to safeguard our ability to see the way forward in service of God. 

Rambam gives us a list of people who lose their share in the World to Come; through a discussion of what that phrase means, and then an analysis of the list, we hope to get to a better understanding of what was so essential to Judaism that without it, a person cannot meaningfully be said to be acting Jewishly.

We will begin with the 3rd chapter of Rambam's Hilchot Teshuvah, discussing such topics as how often God judges us, what the outcome of those judgments are, and what wrongs we can commit that remove us, spiritually, from the Jewish people.