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#559: Should We Blame God for Hamas?

#559: Should We Blame God for Hamas?

Eikhah Rabbah on Lamentations/Eikah 3:37

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The Destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem by Nicolas Poussin (1637)

Lamentations/Eikhah 3:37-39

מִ֣י זֶ֤ה אָמַר֙ וַתֶּ֔הִי אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א צִוָּֽה׃ 

Whose decree was ever fulfilled, Unless the Sovereign willed it?

מִפִּ֤י עֶלְיוֹן֙ לֹ֣א תֵצֵ֔א הָרָע֖וֹת וְהַטּֽוֹב׃

Is it not at the word of the Most High, That weal and woe befall?

מַה־יִּתְאוֹנֵן֙ אָדָ֣ם ח…

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