[Avodah] how to reconcile

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 10:48:57PM +0000, rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:
: I don't read the 2 years as punishment 
: at all 
...
: And so this was really a Teaching a Lesson...

Mah beinaihu?

Isn't the point of every Divine punishment to teach a lesson?


In my own philosophy, such as it is, since the worlds will eventually
reach the state of Kulo Tov, any action that runs against that eventual
equilibrium will naturally have negative consequences. It can't have
nitzchiyus, or else we wouldn't reach Tov.

So, the worlds pull back to their goal state, and the person who tries
to fight that will inherently suffer. However, that suffering is in a
way that can pull him back to that goal state too.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha