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Whatever the All-Merciful Does Is for Good

Whatever the All-Merciful Does Is for Good

By J. Timothy King on April 7, 2014

The Talmud tells this story (in Berachot 60b): Rabbi Akiva was once going along the road and he came to a certain town and looked for lodgings. But everywhere he went, he was refused. He sighed and said, “Whatever the All-Merciful does is for good.” So because he couldn’t find a place to stay in […]

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