Pain & Suffering
The real question we must ask is not just why we sometimes feel such acute pain, but what we are meant to learn from it.
What have I done to deserve this? And how can I make it stop? Sometimes the pain seems to be insurmountable, the suffering cruel in its intensity. But why – I am a good person! I try so hard and yet I am hit again and again with such hurt – the loss of a loved one, a broken relationship, a suffering child. Why would a good G-d allow something like this to happen? Does G-d not cry, as I do? Does G-d not feel pain, as I do? What can I do to make it go away?
Vice Advice Series
Join Rabbi Simon Jacobson as he dissects the root and anatomy of each vice according to Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah in the seven part series. Discover why some faiths refer to these as the “Seven Deadly Sins” and how to transform vices into virtues.
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Our Response to Tragedy
The response to a gruesome attack, is to channel all our outrage and fury into a spiritual eruption of building an even stronger holy land, both physically and spiritually.
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Ki Tovo: To You My Heart Speaks
The month of Elul is a month of love and compassion. In this time how does prayer help us to face and respond to pain and suffering?
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Child Abuse
Abuse is only possible because there is a climate, an environment, a breeding ground as it were, that allows abuse to fester and thrive. That breeding ground is the utter ignorance and lack of appreciation of the fundamental sanctity of sexuality.
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A Strategy to Deal With Toxic People
This is how to respond to negativity in a healthy way.
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Comfort My People
Left with no one else to blame, the child erroneously sees himself as the culprit. And this self-loathing and sense of inadequacy further erodes the child’s confidence. It’s not your fault. Don’t allow yourself to be invalidated. You have all the strength necessary to pick up the pieces and rebuild your life.
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Where is G-d When I Cry?
There is such darkness in this world, such unbearable pain, such untold suffering. Where is G-d in all of this?
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Lonely Man
Moses left us a legacy of facing our deepest questions and coming back stronger from it. He had faith even when there seemed to be no basis for it.
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Abandonment
Even when it looks like G-d has abandoned you, He is really right beside you, ready to catch you if you fall.
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Special Children
An email exchange between Rabbi Jacobson and the mother of a bi-polar son illuminates the concept of special children and their unique strengths.
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