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Rabbi, Why is My Mother Suffering? - Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz

Rabbi Chaim Mintz

Rabbi Chaim Mintz answers questions on hashkafa and life challenges during his weekly live session.

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um angelica kaimov writes hi my mother is really sick for over two years and i don't know why she needs to suffer she had an aneurysm in her brain we didn't know about it until we found out it was too late she had a few surgeries but they didn't go too well now she can't eat or speak and they don't know if they can do anything about it i guess how should she view this whole situation is really the question well this is the question of question of people suffering pain in the world and we believe as believing jews that it will be something that will be appreciated in the future that no matter how much person has to suffer in this world but in the future look back and realize that was worth it and will be very happy with it even though right now it's hard to bear for the person themselves and the people around them but in the future they'll look back and see that was the

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  1. 0:00um angelica kaimov writes hi my mother is really sick for over two years and i
  2. 0:30question of people suffering pain in the world and we believe as believing jews that it
  3. 1:01they'll look back and see that was the best thing they could have done i've got
  4. 1:31running and fleeing the running after us he just couldn't take it he jumped into the
  5. 2:02so at the time that it was going through the suffering he thought the best thing
  6. 2:34suffering even now it's difficult to bear it to understand and to live through but the

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