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The Purpose of Exile

Why Didn't G-d Create a World Without Suffering?

By Dov Yonah Korn

Topics: Dwelling for G-d in the Physical World, Galut, Moshiach and the Future Redemption

Why did G-d create the world in such a way that we can only experience redemption after having first endured the hardships of exile?

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Rabbi Dov Yona Korn is director of the Chabad House at NYU.

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Posted: Aug 29, 2011

Redemption

I learned that it is good to have evil so we can overcome and bring light..... Thank You!

Posted By Anonymous, Houston, Texas

Posted: Aug 29, 2011

Hide-and-Seek

Fine metaphor. It makes us wake up and realize we have a Friend somewhere we've forgotten about. Bravo Rabbi Korn.

Posted By F. Lembeck, New York, NY

Posted: Aug 23, 2011

Thanks

Thank you.

Posted By Richard bruxvoort colligan, Strawberry Point, IA, USA

Posted: Aug 22, 2011

The purpose of Exile

Exile is an obstacle. And we have to overcome this blockage to grow up. Then we'll be in the next step of spiritual evolution.
Shalom

Posted By Martha, Bogotá, Colombia

Posted: Aug 22, 2011

A question

Nice class and might be very interesting for beginners, but there is one question to make it clear: your example of “child separate from mother’s womb” serves to illustrate purpose of hardship for personal growth, right?
Birth cannot be analogy of exile; on the contrary it is usually compared with redemption, isn’t it?

Posted By Meira, League City