Nachdaily: 5 Minute Perek Of Tanach Covering The Entire Navi. Sefer Yehoshua, Shoftim, Shmuel, Melachim, Yeshaya, Yirmiya, Ye

Iyov Perek 36 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov perek 35 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 34 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 33 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 32 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 31 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 30 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 29 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 28 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 27 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov perek 26 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 25 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Iyov Perek 24 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Welcome to NachDaily with Iyov, Perek 23. This is Iyov’s 3rd response to Elifaz. The Malbim explains that Tsofar had essentially made two points. One, the righteous suffer because it’s Hashem's way of testing them, to raise them up to a higher level of serving Him, not merely for the sake of reward and punishment. Hashem purifies the righteous through suffering in order to give them more reward in the World to Come. Two, the reason why the wicked prosper is to allow free choice to remain intact. If people were punished and rewarded immediately for their actions, free choice would be obstructed because the results would be obvious. People's intentions of serving God would not be for the sake of serving Him, but to avoid punishment. In this perek Iyov directly responds to the first argument and addresses the second point in the next chapter. He first questions how God would inflict him with such serious physical and emotional pain just because he may have harbored a tad of selfishness in his heart and not

Welcome to NachDaily with Iyov, Perek 22. This begins the 3rd round of debates between Iyov and his friends. We still have two unanswered questions of Tzaddik v’ra lo and Rasha v’tov lo - why do the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper? The Malbim explains that Eliphaz comes up with a new response to these questions. Hashem purposely does not usually reward the righteous or punish the wicked in this world per se because He wants us to serve Him for His own sake, and not for reward and punishment. If people would be rewarded in this world, their motivation for serving God would only be to attain more reward. The Malbim explains that when you serve God for a reward, you’re just serving yourself. We are supposed to keep the mitzvos for their own sake, to fulfill the word of the Creator. Hashem doesn't want our behavior to be motivated by reward and punishment. It goes without saying that if we would be immediately punished or rewarded every time we did something good or bad, we would cease to have free

Welcome to NachDaily with Iyov, Perek 21. This is the 13th response in the Sefer and Iyov’s second answer to Tzofar. The Malbim explains that in responding to Tzofar, Iyov is actually addressing all of his friends’ arguments on why the wicked prosper. Iyov feels that his friends have mistreated him with words as sharp as arrows. As Iyov’s friends think of him as a wicked sinner, his troubles make sense to them because he fits into their general view of human suffering. Iyov opens the perek by telling them, in verse 2, to listen carefully to what he says. Iyov maintains that the question of why humans suffer and the wicked succeed applies not only to him, but to all of humanity. In verse 4, Iyov asks, “Was my discussion restricted to any one individual?” The Malbim explains this as saying that if there were no others who felt that they were going through pain with no reason, perhaps they’d be correct. But the bottom line is that they can't be so dismissive of me because there are so many people in the wor

Iyov Perek 20 by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

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Kinna 8 Finding God in Hell 2019.wav by Rabbi Shaya Sussman, LCSW

Welcome to NachDaily with Iyov, perek 19. This is Iyov’s second response to Bildad. The Malbim explains that Iyov again avoids answering his friends directly. Later in the sefer, he will answer all of them at once. In this perek, however, Iyov expresses scorn and exasperation with the way his friends continue to hurt him with their words. Keep in mind that Iyov is suffering with intense boils all over his entire body. His friends should know better than to add to his troubles with derision and shame. The Yalkut Shemoni 920 and 928 tell us that Rava said, “A person should not be censured for words uttered when in pain.” Iyov’s friends should have been more understanding. They added insult to injury and turned from friends to enemies. Iyov warns his friends to fear God’s punishment. There’s a lesson here for us: not to censure or judge our friends and family when they are in pain, spilling the woes of their hearts. We need to listen deeply, and be present, to hear them without judgment. Don’t try to expla