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Why Do Bad Things Happen? Suffering in the Torah
The oldest question in the world gets no cheap answer in the Torah. These moments from the shiurim wrestle honestly with suffering and yissurim, each a snippet you can watch.
- Rich Poverty - R. Eliyahu Maksumov - TorahAnytime.comthey said excuse me maybe you could help us with this question why do bad things happen to good people why do you have to suffer like this suffer▶ Watch at 0:30
- Rabbi David Tawil: R' Shimon bar Yohai - "Sactifying the Mundane"anybody who might be saying bad things about hashem in a time when they're suffering because who are we to judge sometimes suffering gets the▶ Watch at 9:23
- Why do Jews say Baruch Hashem?them? And the question the the reverse is why does some good people have bad things happening to them? That is a very very good question. Um and uh it really deserves▶ Watch at 35:05
- Why does our world have so many problems?also done classes more than once addressing the question of why God allows people to suffer why does he not stop suffering why does he not why does he allow▶ Watch at 17:16
- Emunah Part 15: What is the Purpose of Suffering?happen by them so we see we hear something very important that people when bad things happen and they go and they lose their faith they say well why does suffering▶ Watch at 12:15
- Israel-Islam Holy Wars: Who Will Survive God’s Final Test | Divine Punishment or Love Depends on Uscan reach the the happy ending that we want it can come through struggle through suffering through war through murder through through through things we don't want to imagine▶ Watch at 24:08
- Parashat Eikev: Details of Punishment vs Reward, Do we Have Free Choice?benefit of suffering like the sages knew we would ask for them to come we' want more suffering that's why the sages say when something good happens say something▶ Watch at 1:03:55
- Part 3the way you see things I don't get way what why do bad things happen to good people and good things are happening to bad people I don't get▶ Watch at 21:29
- How To Be Rabbi Akiva (Full length shiur)see the revelation of why things why good things happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people and hashem says laura annie▶ Watch at 29:54
- Part 3the way you see things I don't get way what why do bad things happen to good people and good things are happening to bad people I don't get▶ Watch at 21:29
- Discover the Hidden Secret of Parshas Vayeira: The Akeidah, Prophetic Uncertainty, and Unshakable...happening you don't know why good things happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people you don't know why innocent people struggle and suffer and you▶ Watch at 15:46
- Rabbi Mordechai Kraft - Why Bad Things Happen to Good Peoplethe most important question as juice that we do have to think about why bad things happen in life why there is pain why there is suffering and all of you▶ Watch at 0:32
- We are Living in Crazy & Dangerous Times - How to Face the Threat of Terror Attackspower because power was the bad guy power was a source of all Jewish suffering in Egypt he says come to power come to power implies that that I'm with▶ Watch at 0:00
- The Ramban's Summary of the Book of Iyov (Job) part 1the way Rabbi Zilber translates it means just like I saw that by Russia bad things happen. I saw bad things happen by as well. Okay. Just like I saw him and▶ Watch at 12:15
- Rabbi Yitzchak Botton - The Mystical Side of the Parsha: Parshat Bo - Everything is for the Goodhave the one of the greatest questions and dilemmas of Life why do bad things happen to people if God is loving and good God why do why do we suffer▶ Watch at 12:21
- Part 101: When Is the Last Time You Told Hashem You Love Him?compete with God and pretend they are God and they can explain why bad things happen to good people is a heretic there's only one God Only God understands how▶ Watch at 2:02
- Pirkei Avos: Ethics for Everyday Living Ep. 3the good suffer why why you know why do the why do bad things happen to good people why do good things happen to bad people these are not new questions▶ Watch at 26:46
- Pre-Shavuos Children's Programgave us the suffering? What's the purpose of all this negativity in the world? H wow what a good question it's so interesting I I speak all over the▶ Watch at 1:21:40
- Rav Amos Gueta and Those Who Think They're Pinchas | STUMP THE RABBI (275)there's this thing bad thing happened. That's because they're bad over there. You may be partially right that it's because people did a sin because the itself says▶ Watch at 41:43
- Q&A: The Final War, Suffering & The End Of Days - Rabbi Dovid Gottleib Jewish Philosophywith s so the T say the following they say when a person is suffering he has the opportunity to accept the▶ Watch at 15:30
- CommunityNightSeder - HaRav Ezra Eliyahu Douek - Lev Avigdor #2comes after the people suffered for for purpose not for nothing for a very great purpose but if a person named nothing this is damn it's what we all have▶ Watch at 2:06
- The Thirsty Soul: Likutei Moharan I:65, Part 4use our time because what happens and all the news it just makes the soul suffer it's just more suffering more Depression more sadness things are bad but▶ Watch at 39:40
- Everything Hashem does is for the Best! Parashat Ki Tisahappens afterwards comes from her which means that even though at the time they're suffering and at the time there's going to be negativity and bad things that are▶ Watch at 27:40
- 166 Vayechi My Darkest Hour, My Finest Moment 291214was Asov and there was love on and no there was wars and everything. Yakov suffered. You can't even imagine what he suffered on his dying bed. He mentioned▶ Watch at 54:39
- Daf Yomi : Bava Metzia 71thing and yet at the end of the day they still suffer right bad things happen to good people so so many people are careful not to lend with interest yet▶ Watch at 16:26
- 182 Tazria Metzorah Dignity In Penance 200415Torah is telling us, you know, it might be bad and you might you be suffering some things which are demeaning, but don't look at it as just bad. What▶ Watch at 14:31
- DOES G-D TORTURE US? birkas dayan ha'emesthe simple way of learning ravi akiva we reconcile ourselves that we're going through suffering now because what it means as the mission of us that all the suffering▶ Watch at 56:25
- Emunah Part 11: Everything's For The Good, What About The Bad?and live life in a happy face when no matter when bad things happen to you and the rabbi goes and he says he says your rabbi sent you▶ Watch at 49:34
- Matos: When There's Life, There's HopeLubavitch says an unbelievable thing. There's a pasuk. We say it in Hallel. Yissurim rabbim lo mavet lo nisani. Hashem gave me a lot of yissurim and a lot of suffering▶ Watch at 2:33
- Rabbi Gavriel Friedman - Food for the Soul: The Perfect Steakthings happen to me i'm not going to start asking why when the bad things happen does anybody get that we have this mentality that when good things happen▶ Watch at 35:57
- Chelek 33, Bamidbar 2 - rabbi Shalom Moshe Paltiel - Sicha Discourse with Spreadsheetbehavior will beget bad results for that neighbor. And if I'm nearby, I might suffer some consequences, too▶ Watch at 11:44
- Emunah Part 16: How To Prevent Sufferingsays very good and that is in reference to the tribute that the attribute of suffering the people the things that that causes problem so this world so many of the▶ Watch at 5:39
- Emuna and Bitachon on Chazon Ish (Shemot)going to happen is is that there's going to be the end of suffering. Nobody's going to suffer. There's not going to be there's not going▶ Watch at 3:07
- Rabbi Tomer Zino | Actually, You Have More Emunah Than You Thoughteverything that god does for the best so that helps you deal with how bad things happen to good people or you have to learn about how people suffer in this▶ Watch at 11:43
- Mistakes Have A Priceread clearly over there that Hashem say there is never ever a bad thing happen to a person, Jew or a non-Jew, unless if he earned it. It's his fault▶ Watch at 24:11
- Chukas - The Better Goodever asked a question and Tanya what I mean to accept it with joy or suffering so the altar never says there's two types of good that God has there▶ Watch at 1:04:40
- The Hidden Story Of Jonah : Part 2- Inside The Fishyou know did did many sins in their life and then they had bad things happen then you should wake up and you should do you should do chew up this▶ Watch at 41:54
- Emunah Part 19: Rosh Hashanah: The Key To a Good Judgmentbad things that could happen of the smallest amount and it's still considered suffering and it still checks off the suffering box in heaven so the kimono gives three▶ Watch at 6:07
- Daf Yomi Bava Kama Daf 15 by R' Eli Stefanskycompensation well something bad happened to so something a lot of bad things bad things happen to everybody every day so you get compensated every time a bad thing happens to you▶ Watch at 25:34
- Who Needs TeShuva Before Rosh HaShana (Netive Ezra-Aventura)your your enemies you don't want them to have such experiences anyway after that suffering pain and so on you go back to work go back to your world▶ Watch at 49:50
- Shaar Habitachon-shiur24friends did to him we about that io's friends when he's suffering say IO whoa whoa what did you do to deserve this now say were they wrong were▶ Watch at 12:13
- Settling Into the Present Moment with Hashem (Yichud HaHisbodedus #29)they're suffering through should be a tick for the past. There will be time for that in there'll be time for that in different experiences. Those are not bad▶ Watch at 11:57
- Shaar Habitachon-shiur24friends did to him we about that io's friends when he's suffering say IO whoa whoa what did you do to deserve this now say were they wrong were▶ Watch at 12:13
- 21st Century #47 | The Deeper Meaning of the Trump Impeachment Hearingsknow, and that's always very bad for a country. But that's what these suffering entails. That's a kapara before things can move on. You see. And the same▶ Watch at 46:55
- Rabbi Yirmiyahu Ullman - Orchot Tzaddikim: Happiness - Part 4hard any time you talked about you know why do i do bad things happen to good people when▶ Watch at 11:51
- Good vs. Evil: Who Wins?Yes. Yes. Marlo. So what about bad things? Bad things happen. So we once did a class we spoke about why bad things happen. No question that bad▶ Watch at 50:01
- Conversation - Interview of R. & Rebbetzin Goldberg on Covid-19 + More (Vayichan Program, 2020)keeps us all honest because if only good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people then none of us would have free will and free will▶ Watch at 7:13
- LIES ABOUT BITACHON (iLuy Nishmat Rav David Feinstein & Rabbi Jonathan Sacks) - Jewish HaShkafa (23)said think good think good think good think good and and what happened bad things happened did he tell you to keep Shabbat no do you keep Shabbat no so why▶ Watch at 32:16
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