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Hurt: why do you think that G-d allows the innocent and good to suffer?
Rabbi Gurkow: there are many reasons for suffering
Hurt: for what reason?
Rabbi Gurkow: some times people suffer because they are not 100% innocent, rather they have a number of sins for which they need to be punished
Rabbi Gurkow: and G-d does them the favor of punishing them in this world rather than in the more acute world to come
Hurt: so do people who do good deeds and yet still suffer in this world get their reward in the next world?
Rabbi Gurkow: they do
Rabbi Gurkow: yet sometimes Hashem makes us suffer not to punish us, but to test us
Rabbi Gurkow: and the purpose is to receive reward for overcoming the test
Rabbi Gurkow: so it's an opportunity
Rabbi Gurkow: and at times hashem simply makes us suffer because suffering refines the character and makes one more spiritually adept and sensitive
Rabbi Gurkow: so we don’t really know why people suffer, and the truth is we don’t need to know. What we need to know is to help people alleviate the suffering
Hurt: i think that sometimes when one suffers it brings them closer to G-d as well
Rabbi Gurkow: that is what i meant when i said that they become more spiritual
Hurt: if one suffers they grow in their ability to feel sympathy for others and understand them on a much greater level
Rabbi Gurkow: that is also true
Hurt: thank you for your help
Hurt: bye bye:-))
Rabbi Gurkow: bye now
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