Posted on April 1, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“People question G-d but are certain of themselves. They should rather be certain of G-d, and question themselves.” – R. Yisrael Salanter

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  1. david's avatar david says:
    April 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    Beautiful. Shabbat Shalom

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  2. Moishe's avatar Moishe says:
    April 1, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    Zol zein mit mazel.

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  3. Yoni Kahan's avatar Yoni Kahan says:
    April 1, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    I agree. Here is a short story about Rav Amital ZT’L that illustrates this point very nicely.

    From Rabbi Barry Gelman

    I am reminded of the words of Rabbi Yehuda Amital in an interview he gave to Yad Vashem where he commented on having faith after the Holocaust. In referencing a conversation with Abba Kovner a leader of the Vilna Ghetto revolt, and a kibbutz leader and poet in Israel, Rabbi Amital recalls: “Once we were both participants in a TV panel about the meaning of the Holocaust. He asked me, “Did you have problems with your faith?” I answered him, “I had problems? Your problems are even more serious. I believed in God; now, I don’t understand His ways. But you believed in man; now, do you continue to believe in man, after what you saw in the Holocaust? Truly, we both have a problem

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