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Ep. 41 · Bereishis · 14 min · 2018-10-04

Win, Win when doing Ratzon Hashem

Anyone who has done the right thing and watched it cost him has asked this question. Hevel brought the best of his flock and was killed. Kayin brought simple fruit and went on to build a family. Where is the justice in that? The Chasam Sofer asks exactly this on the first story after Bereishis, and the question seems to ignore the whole point of this world. Rabbi Asaf Prisman follows it to a simple rule about doing Hashem's will. A father drags his neighbor to court in Israel, and the judge recognizes him.