Why do bad things happen to good people?

This ancient question about how to make sense of all the senselessness is dealt with cryptically by Chazal, who put it at the heart of the human condition. Our lived experience is comprised alternatively of understanding Hashem and not understanding Him; these are two paths of life, two types of relationship with the Master of the Universe who is sometimes revealed and sometimes hidden, and these paths themselves are contingent on two forms of worship – the path of complete righteousness and the path of repentance.

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