“How could this happen?”


“When a new Baal Teshuva dies a sudden, tragic death…people ask, how is this possible?…’Why did Hashem take him so suddenly?’  The most famous question of the perplexed is: ‘What about the Holocaust…?’

People forget that this world is a place of temporary significance at best, where a soul assumes a bodily form to perform a mission and achieve a needed tikkun.  But, if they’d remember that the life and health of the soul is our primary concern — and not the body — then their questions would fall by the wayside.” ~ The Garden of Emuna

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2 Responses to “How could this happen?”

  1. david's avatar david says:

    very difficult. human suffering is hard to deny or overlook. needs deep faith. unfortunately, not attainable by most, or any maybe

  2. Emuna Daily's avatar Jeremy says:

    No one is claiming that it is not sad when someone dies. These things are all tragic and we mourn for them. However, I think the point is, we should not question Hashem’s ways. Once we acknowledge that everything happens for a reason, we won’t question Hashem.

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