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Kirzner, Rabbi Yitzchak ztl on |
Of course deep down all people want to do good - but would it be so bad if we would just remain passive? This class deals with the benefits of exercising our power to choose good, and the consequences of not doing so. Rabbi Kirzner explains how evil is also an integral part of good - and how we grow from these moments of truth.
The soul provides us with an aspect of immortality that far outweighs the sensuous pleasures of our physical life – but at the same time, we don’t find our identity wrapped up in it as strongly. Why is it so important to fight for the true ownership of our soul? And why does understanding where one life ends and the other begins need to precede a discussion on suffering?
Being punished with suffering often feels unjustified in light of our generally well lead lives. Doesn’t our balance sheet come our heavier on the positive side? Even worse is the torturous experience of being afflicted as we watch the wicked proper. Rabbi Kirzner explains the value of temporary investment for eternal returns.
The purely righteous person suffers as well – but often their endurance of pain is far more selfless than those that have it coming to them. Rabbi Kirzner explores a number of reasons for the suffering of the tzaddikim, among them bringing blessing to the world, atoning for their generation, and not making the difference in the world that they could have, and finds the justice in each.
Rabbi Kirzner is ever understanding of our humanity while urging us to move higher as he deals with the emotional turmoil that is part and parcel of pain, and that often defies the logical answers put forth to mitigate it. How can we teach ourselves to turn toward G-d in suffering instead of away?
Can anyone ever explain the Holocaust? No, says Rabbi Kirzner – but looking at it through the eyes of the Torah and the historical trends that have occurred in cycles over and over, perhaps we can gain a deeper wisdom about it. His gentle handling of an emotionally loaded subject provides just that understanding, with frightening implications for our world today.