[Avodah] Nechama

[Zev Sero]

On 16/07/2013 5:42 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
>   R' Aqiva
> isn't taking nechamah from a long-distant future, he sees Hashem's hand
> in events, and got the "punchline" before Hashem tells it. The nechamah
> is from seeing that there really is a process and a meaning.

Cf Rivka taking comfort from the explanation for her difficult labour.
The labour was no less difficult or painful, but once she knew why it was
happening and what would result from it, she could bear it.

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