{"id":1968,"date":"2014-12-29T09:50:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T14:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2014-12-29T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T14:50:31","slug":"theodicy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2014\/12\/29\/theodicy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Theodicy (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The issue was first raised in Tanach, where Kohelet<\/em> said, \u201cI have noticed everything in the days of my vanity (including the fact that) there can be a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and a wicked man who lives long in his wickedness.\u201d (Ecclesiastes 7:15) [1],<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s discussed at great length and in depth in the Talmudic and the medieval literature, among the pre-modern and modern traditionalists, as well in the Zohar, the writings of the Ari, and in various places in Ramchal\u2019s works, as we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Also see 8:14 there and Habakkuk<\/em> 1:13.<\/p>\n

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(c) 2014 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
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