Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our Saturday morning service on June 1st. Prompted by this week’s parsha which contains a list of blessings and curses God promises to rain down on the righteous and the wrongdoer, respectively, Rabbi Lizzi delivered a sermon on the theological concept of theodicy, that is, the question of how a loving God could allow so much suffering and, despite his warnings, appear to let evildoers off scot-free. Will the wicked be punished in this life? In the next? Is God even in the punishment business at all? Let's get theological.

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Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss.

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