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Suffering & Evil Quiz

Why do bad things happen to good people?

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Jewish thinkers throughout the ages have asked: Why do bad things happen to good people?

You answered {{correct}} of 10 correctly

Question 1 of 10
Which of these offenses was not penalized by karet?
Question 2 of 10
Which of the following did Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism, believe?
Question 3 of 10
How does the Bahir, the earliest kabbalistic work, describe the sefirah (God’s emanation) of "power"?
Question 4 of 10
What is the philosophical conclusion reached by the Book of Job?
Question 5 of 10
What is the name for the vindication of God’s justice despite the existence of evil?
Question 6 of 10
According to Maimonides, what is the worst punishment for sinners?
Question 7 of 10
True or false: The concept of reward and punishment is the Torah's explanation for the existence of suffering.
Question 8 of 10
Which of these is an interpretation of the biblical punishment of karet?
Question 9 of 10
What was the reaction of the Jewish philosophical community in the first 20 years following the Holocaust?
Question 10 of 10
Which approach to a painful experience does Rabbi Harold Kushner recommend?
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