How good it is when you settle your mind to realize that there are no questions. It is written, “For God’s ways are straight” (Hosea 14:10). Everything is perfectly in order.
I myself also once heard the Rebbe say, “About God, they ask questions?!” The Rebbe’s intent was to ridicule those who think they are raising serious questions about God.193Cf. Likutey Moharan II, 52; Likutey Halakhot, Ribit 5:44.
It is written, “God is righteous in all His ways” (Psalms 145:17). You should not suspect that God’s ways are at all unjust. If you cannot understand them, it is because God’s ways or how God runs the world is beyond all human comprehension.
שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּשֵׁם רַבֵּנוּ ז"ל, שֶׁאָמַר בִּלְשׁוֹן תֵּמַהּ: עַל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ קָשֶׁה קֻשְׁיוֹת הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד?.
Reb Noson writes: I heard that the Rebbe once exclaimed with wonder, “About God, people ask many questions?!”
מַה טּוֹב וְנָעִים לְהָאִישׁ הַזֶּה, שֶׁזּוֹכֶה לְדַעַת שָׁלֵם, שֶׁיּוֹשֵׁב לוֹ וְרוֹאֶה וְיוֹדֵעַ שֶׁאֵינוֹ קָשֶׁה שׁוּם קֻשְׁיָא כְּלָל, וְהַכֹּל נָכוֹן וְיָשָׁר, כִּי יְשָׁרִים דַּרְכֵי ה'.
How good it is when you settle your mind to realize that there are no questions. It is written, “For God’s ways are straight” (Hosea 14:10). Everything is perfectly in order.
וְכֵן אָנֹכִי שָׁמַעְתִּי פַּעַם אֶחָד שֶׁאָמַר: עַל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ קָשֶׁה קֻשְׁיוֹת וְכוּ' וְכַוָּנָתוֹ הָיָה כְּמִתְלוֹצֵץ מִזֶּה שֶׁקָּשֶׁה לִקְצָת בְּנֵי הָעוֹלָם קֻשְּׁיוֹת הַרְבֵּה וּגְדוֹלוֹת עַל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, ח"ו.
I myself also once heard the Rebbe say, “About God, they ask questions?!” The Rebbe’s intent was to ridicule those who think they are raising serious questions about God.193Cf. Likutey Moharan II, 52; Likutey Halakhot, Ribit 5:44.
אֲבָל בֶּאֱמֶת בְּוַדַּאי אָסוּר לְהַרְהֵר אַחֲרֵי דְּרָכָיו יִתְבָּרַךְ. כִּי בְּוַדַּאי צַדִּיק ה' בְּכָל דְּרָכָיו וְכוּ'. רַק שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְשֵׂכֶל אֱנוֹשִׁי לְהָבִין דְּרָכָיו וְהַנְהָגָתוֹ אֶת הָעוֹלָם בְּשׁוּם אֹפֶן.
It is written, “God is righteous in all His ways” (Psalms 145:17). You should not suspect that God’s ways are at all unjust. If you cannot understand them, it is because God’s ways or how God runs the world is beyond all human comprehension.