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Suffering is a test and is meant to teach us many things. It teaches us:
- our mistakes (Genesis 42:22)
- to repent
- that we are not all-powerful or in control
- that this life is not meant to be uninterrupted pleasure
- to have sympathy for sufferers (Exodus 23:9)
- humility; maturity; acceptance; fortitude.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 9y agoSuffering is meant to teach us many things. It teaches us: All suffering is a test. However, sometimes it is the result of our own bad choices. At times it is a warning (such as pain, which shows you what part of your body needs repair). And many times it is mere misinterpretation (such as the bee's sting, which to a child is unmitigated evil but which adults recognize as a protection for that insect which pollinates all fruit-bearing trees). See also the Related Link.
Also, when viewed in the context of the afterlife, when worthy people who suffered will realize that it was a form of cleansing, and may be recompensed, while the prosperous wicked will have the opposite, the apparent injustices of this world become easier to understand.
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Why do Jews believe you suffer?
Most Jews believe that Humans have free will, and that suffering is the result of bad choices on the part of those who cause the suffering.
What do the Four-Noble Truths teach?
The Four Noble truths teach about suffering. For Example: everyone suffers from the desire for material things, but overcoming these desires will bring suffering to an end.
When did the Jews teach their kids the Torah?
After they were born.
How do festivals teach Jews about their religion?
tradition and history
What specifically did the Nazi propaganda do?
it help the teach the opther peope in Germany that the Jews were bad people. it help the teach the opther peope in Germany that the Jews were bad people.
What did buddha teach about 3 causes of suffering?
Actually, he only gave one (root) cause of suffering, craving.
How did Mendellsohn teach German language to Jews?
Moses Mendellsohn did not have to teach German Jews how to speak German. They were already very capable of doing so themselves. Those German Jews who chose to speak in Yiddish did so by choice (as a symbol of their Jewish identity).
How did Mendelssohn teach the German language to Jews?
Moses Mendellsohn did not have to teach German Jews how to speak German. They were already very capable of doing so themselves. Those German Jews who chose to speak in Yiddish did so by choice (as a symbol of their Jewish identity).
Did hillel teach baptism?
No. Hillel is Jewish and Jews don't have Baptisms.
How do the ten commandments teach Jews and christians?
It gives them laws to live by.
What drove Nehemiah to return to his home?
The city walls were in ruins and the Jews there were suffering because of it.
What is the Jewish responses to suffering?
Jews believe that all human beings have free will. Suffering is the result of bad choices made by the people who inflict the suffering. Suffering can also be caused by nature (such as an earthquake), which is considered inherently neutral by most interpretations in Judaism.
