LIVING WITH MOSHIACH #2338

In memory of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok ben R' Zalman Yuda Deitsch OBM

The Talmud compares the death of a Jew to the burning of a Torah scroll. If so, how can G-d let such a thing happen? As the Midrash comments, since G-d fulfills the commandments that He gives us, then, how can He allow a situation comparable to the burning of a Torah scroll? However, the answer is the same as the answer to how G-d could allow us to be in exile: this descent is for the purpose of an ascent and there is no other means for us to reach this high rung.

(The Lubavitcher Rebbe, 20 Av, 1985)