Evil

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1. Mizmor 1

   Rabbi Avi Baumol

   Mizmor 1 addresses the average person’s challenge of facing the evils of the world. The anti-dote to temptation presented in the Psalm is the desire to keep God’s commandments in the Torah. The humanity of King David is addressed. 

2. Mizmor 10

   The Philosopher Poet - Evil: A View from the Outside

   Rabbi Avi Baumol

   Mizmor 10 is not a personal plea for salvation from the hands of enemies. Rather it is a lengthy description of the evils of the wicked and a cry out to God to do justice against the wicked and to save the humble and downtrodden.

3. Mizmor 14

   A Poetic Sermon

   Rabbi Avi Baumol

   Mizmor 14 carries a complex, almost contradictory message. The first half of Mizmor 14 demands of the individuals to unite with the community at large, and makes them responsible for detachment from the community. The second half of the Mizmor praises distinctness and dissociation.

4. Human Suffering in Eikha

   Dr. Yael Ziegler

5. Rav Soloveitchik's Interpretation of Sefer Iyov

   Rabbi Yair Kahn | Hour and 10 minutes

   Sefer Iyov is one of the more challenging books in Tanakh. What is the meaning of the conclusion and how does it solve the difficult problems raised throughout the sefer? This lesson focuses on Rav Soloveichik’s interpretations in his works “Kol Dodi Dofek” and “Out of the Whirlwind” and deal with the themes of evil, suffering, Divine justice, and the lessons we can learn after the Holocaust.