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#558: Why Do Good People Suffer?

Kol Dodi Dofek on the question of theodicy

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Rabbi Eli L. Garfinkel
Aug 09, 2024
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Job on the Dunghill, by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)

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Eikhah/Lamentations 4:4

דָּבַ֨ק לְשׁ֥וֹן יוֹנֵ֛ק אֶל־חִכּ֖וֹ בַּצָּמָ֑א עֽוֹלָלִים֙ שָׁ֣אֲלוּ לֶ֔חֶם פֹּרֵ֖שׂ אֵ֥ין לָהֶֽם׃         

The tongue of the suckling cleaves
To its palate for thirst.
Little children beg for bread;
None gives them a morsel.

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