From Despair to Hope (Rabbi Sacks on Beha'alotecha)
The Office of Rabbi Sacks
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The Dark Nights of Judaism
Moses wasn't the only prophet to pray to die. Three others did so, Elijah, Jeremiah and Jonah. The Psalms are shot through with moments of despair. What Tanakh is telling us in these stories is profoundly liberating. Judaism isn't a recipe for blandness or bliss. It isn't a guarantee that you will be spared heartache and pain. That's why Moses, David Elijah and Jeremiah found life so hard.
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