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Why does G-d test us with such difficult challenges?

During the course of our lives, we all encounter many different situations, some of which are very difficult and create great hardships. We strive to understand what could be their reasons, but generally without success.

Torah Study Must Start with Hard Work

Is it so [that Hashem should be approached with a feeling of simcha]? Doesn’t Rav Gidal say in the name of Rav: “Any talmid chacham who sits before his master and his lips are not dripping with a bitterness [of fear] will be burnt, as the pasuk (Shir Hashirim 5:13) says: “His lips are [like] shoshanim (roses), dripping with “passing” mor (a perfume). Do not read it as mor but as mar (bitter). Do not read it as shoshanim but as sheshonim (who are studying Torah)”?
How and When to Be Happy

“I praised the happiness” (Kohelet 8:15) refers to simcha (happiness) related to mitzva, and “What is happiness there for?” (ibid. 2:2) refers to simcha that is not related to mitzva.
Positive or Negative Outlook on the World
A Dangerous Lack of Connection Between Forms of Truth
Beware of Foreign Fragrances
Who Is Rich?
Shabbat – Internal or External Change?
How G-d speaks today + possibility of Godly visions
Prime Ministers are People Too!

Public figures tend to forget that they are also private individuals and responsible for even the smallest of their actions.
Lack of Knowledge Often Facilitates the Goal

Although we strive for wisdom, much of the knowledge hidden from man enables us to focus on the goals rather than the means.

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