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The Chief Rabbi of England, Rabbi Lord Sacks shlit’a told a story of a Rav who lived through the horrors of the holocaust. As a result of the war, he lost his entire family, including his wife and many children, r”l. Later in life he remarried and had more children, B’H. He was renowned in his community for being a very joyful soul. People asked him how he could rebuild his life with such Simchat Hachaim, and whether he had any questions about his tragedy.
His response was inspiring, simple and clear. He said that he has questions and knows there are answers to all of them. He continued to say that so long as he is here in this lowly world he cannot grasp the answer, for it is only understood in the upper realms. So long as he is alive in this world he said that he realizes that he has a task to fulfill and must complete it. Therefore, if he had to choose, he would rather stay in this world and work towards fulfilling his mission and remain with questions, then depart from this world and be given all of the answers.
After 120 years there will be no answers…. precisely because then in the next World there will be no questions! That IS the answer to all of our questions.
