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Iyov Perek 28 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 27 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov perek 26 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 25 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 24 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Welcome to NachDaily with Iyov, Perek 23. This is Iyov’s 3rd response to Elifaz. The Malbim explains that Tsofar had essentially made two points. One, the righteous suffer because it’s Hashem's way of testing them, to raise them up to a higher level of serving Him, not merely for the sake of reward and punishment. Hashem purifies the righteous through suffering in order to give them more reward in...

Welcome to NachDaily with Iyov, Perek 22. This begins the 3rd round of debates between Iyov and his friends. We still have two unanswered questions of Tzaddik v’ra lo and Rasha v’tov lo - why do the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper? The Malbim explains that Eliphaz comes up with a new response to these questions. Hashem purposely does not usually reward the righteous or punish the wicked in...

Welcome to NachDaily with Iyov, Perek 21. This is the 13th response in the Sefer and Iyov’s second answer to Tzofar. The Malbim explains that in responding to Tzofar, Iyov is actually addressing all of his friends’ arguments on why the wicked prosper. Iyov feels that his friends have mistreated him with words as sharp as arrows. As Iyov’s friends think of him as a wicked sinner, his troubles make...

Iyov Perek 20 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

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Kinna 8 Finding God in Hell 2019.wav by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Welcome to NachDaily with Iyov, perek 19. This is Iyov’s second response to Bildad. The Malbim explains that Iyov again avoids answering his friends directly. Later in the sefer, he will answer all of them at once. In this perek, however, Iyov expresses scorn and exasperation with the way his friends continue to hurt him with their words. Keep in mind that Iyov is suffering with intense boils all...

Welcome to NachDaily with Iyov, perek 18. This is Bildad’s second response to Iyov. The Malbim explains that Bildad is upset about Iyov’s denial of an afterlife and the immortality of the soul because if the soul does not live on, there is no difference between man and animal. Why would God create man “in His image” if there was no spiritual upside to our existence? Since God created man with more...

Welcome to NachDaily, with Iyov, Perek 17. We continue Iyov’s response to Elifaz. The perek begins with Iyov expressing his deep, pain and agony over the fact that he has no more will to live. He has lost all hope. In verse 3, Iyov begins to plead with God. “Sima na arveini imach mi hu l’yad yitakei’ah - Please give me Your hand, guarantee me that I am with You. Who else would put his hand into mi...

Welcome to NachDaily with Iyov, Perek 16. This is Iyov’s second response to Elifaz. The Malbim explains that Iyov does not attempt to answer the question of Tzaddik v’ra lo in this perek, but waits until chapter 21. Iyov is outraged that Elifaz and his friends continued to speak but added little new content to their previous arguments. Iyov tells his friends that he’s received little comfort from...

We now begin the second cycle of debates. This round, however, will primarily focus on why good things happen to bad people. If it’s true that Hashem rewards the Tzaddikim and punishes the Reshaim, a person who goes against His will, transgressing the Torah, should theoretically live a difficult life. We see people, however, who openly violate the Torah, and are enemies of Hashem's people, yet see...

This perek marks the end of the first round of debates between Iyov and his friends. So far we had heard from Elifaz, Bildad and Tzofar on why bad things happen to good people. This is the last response to them in the first round. In the following perakim, another round of debates between Iyov and his friends will be more focused on why good things happen to bad people. As we mentioned in the intr...

We continue with Iyov’s response to Tzofar, who held that you can't really rely on your perceptions in order to understand whether or not you’re a Tzaddik or a Rasha. These things are only considered the “knowledge” of God. It’s up to Hashem to judge who is which. Iyov opens the perek by continuing to assert that you can rely on your own perceptions, life experience and knowledge to understand whe...

Iyov Perek 12 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov perek 11 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Welcome back to Nach Daily, with Iyov, chapter 10. We’re continuing Iyov’s response to Bildad’s belief of why humans suffer. The Malbim explains that in this perek, Iyov takes a new stance on human suffering and specifically his own. Iyov actually denies free choice in light of God’s Oneness. Verse 2 says, “Omar el Eloha: Al tarshe’eini hode’aini al ma t’revaini - I say to God: Keep me from doing...

Iyov Perek 9 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov perek 8 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 7 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov perek 6 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW