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Robert Avrech On The Tsunami

As usual, Robert Avrech has it right with respect to the terrible tragedy in Asia:

I lurk on Jewish websites for grieving parents and everyone seems to ask the same question about this massive tragedy: what did God have in mind? And anyone who is foolish enough to answer looks, well, foolish. All answers are simplistic and reductive, and leave only larger questions that are all but unanswerable. I have no patience for the pat answers that some people propose: It's a test, it's an accounting, ultimately it's all for the good... These truly dumb answers bring out a kind of maniacal fury in me.

When Ariel was sick, I stopped looking for answers because, I quickly discovered, it was a waste of time. As Job (42:3) says to HaShem: I can understand nothing. It is beyond me. I shall never know.
posted on 12/29/2004