This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
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This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
There is no answer to the question, “Why do the innocent suffer?” at the level of thought. The only adequate answer is at the level of deed, in the long journey toward a world in which the innocent no longer suffer. To be sure, there is acceptance in Judaism. We call this tzidduk hadin, coming to terms with suffering and loss, saying that “all that
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But listen to the rebuke those ascetics received from the great Rabbi Yehoshua: "Okay, no meat or wine," he said
"But then you really ought to stop eating bread, too, became the meal offering can no longer be made after the destruction."
"That's fine," they said. "We can live on produce."
"Well, but you really shouldn't eat fruit either," Rabbi Ye-hos
... See moreWhat we do know, and what Judaism affirms, is that, as it says in the biblical Song of Songs, “Love is strong as death.” We never stop loving those we’ve lost, and in some way they are always with us. But our focus is on this world, this life. That is what Judaism tells us: To choose life so that we may live.
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We open to whatever is unfolding in our lives and reach for gratitude. Gratitude helps lift us beyond our own pain, fears and doubt. Gratitude helps us find the strength to stand in the moment and discern the path forward.