למה אנשים טובים סובלים? התשובה שלא מלמדים בבתי הספר

A View from the "Corridor"

This world is like a corridor before a great hall — the World to Come. We see only a narrow fragment of reality, yet we judge everything as if that fragment were the entire picture. The Rebbe explained: when a child does not understand why a parent makes them study, or when a small patient cries from the pain inflicted by a doctor, it does not mean the parent is cruel or the doctor is an enemy. It means the child does not yet possess the tools for understanding. The difference between our mind and the plan of the Creator is infinitely greater than the difference between the mind of an infant and that of an adult. G-d sees the entire picture — from the beginning of creation to the end of time, sees all incarnations of the soul, all hidden connections between events. We stand in a dark corridor and try to judge the light by the shadow on the wall. Acknowledging the limitations of our own understanding is not weakness but a manifestation of intellectual honesty and the beginning of true wisdom.

The Spiritual Mission

The Rebbe emphasized that suffering may be part of the soul's complex mission — a mission that cannot be understood within the framework of a single earthly life. The Creator is absolute good, and nothing that emanates from Him can be evil in its essence. This is not abstract theology — it is a fundamental principle upon which the Jewish worldview is built. Rather than expending energy on the question "why?" — which our limited mind is incapable of fully resolving — the Rebbe advised focusing on the question "what for?" — how to use the experience gained to become better, stronger, closer to G-d. Every trial is an opportunity to reveal depths within ourselves that we never suspected. Pain can become a source of compassion for others, loss can become a path to discovering deeper meaning, and hardships can become steps of ascent to a level the soul would otherwise never have reached.