It's Gonna be Good? - Rabbi Gavriel Friedman

when a person says it's going to be good what does it mean it's going to be good what does that mean define for me and don't get philosophical on me be real if somebody says it's going to be good for example i don't know if i want to go to the party no no it's going to be good what does that mean i think yeah they thought it was good and i think you can learn something from it okay you can learn something from it or you're gonna learn nothing because you'll be drunk right you'll have a good time right have a good time what does it mean it's gonna be good have a good time you have a good time whatever happens will happen whatever will be okay so let's see when we say the concept of it's gonna be good what does that mean it's going to be good and i asked you in all seriousness what did you mean when i said you're just responding but what what what does it mean and someone says what's going to be it's going to be good what does that mean what does it mean it's going to be good what positive a positive outcome could you be more specific okay he must have worked as a lawyer is that a judge so uh a very positive outcome now that is a very jewish vague answer um but if anyone could be more specific with me then it would be something like well in one context i mean one thing and another i mean another thing if what you mean is gum zu la tova called everything really is ultimately good and the ebola is told and derek a tobler hated and we're not but is that what people mean when they say it's going to be good let's translate it over how's the party what's it gonna it's gonna be good do you mean i'm gonna break my arm there but it will be capable is that what you mean by it's gonna be good no i mean it's going to be good so if i say to you my yeah you say yes you probably also mean things are going to be good i'm not going to break my arm there's not going to be a car accident someone's not going to die things are going to be wonderful and good [Music] don't think that pitakon means that it's going to be good because maybe it won't be good ultimately of course usually i shouldn't say of course because there are times that it won't be good when is it that something that happens to something happens to someone happens to someone might not be good something that happens to someone might not be good and it might not even be le tova and it might not be a kaphara and it might not be called it might not be ill it's just bad straight up bad when could [Music] if you do bad to yourself if someone goes ahead and cuts up their finger on purpose they can't go back right now you're going to go to get them for that you understand think about it so it can be actually balanced but putting that aside the answer is who says here tough maybe yeah era so what's bitter and this is where the vagueness comes in and what you meant ultimately even though this itself is not good i'd be talking that really hashem knows what's going on and there's nothing random and it's specific and the fact that it's occurring is because there's something good over here not that you do to yourself right but if it happens what will be in futuro i don't know it's going to be in futuro i don't know what futuro means but for those who do future what's going to be in the future okay well it's going to be it might not be good but i know that it's coming from hashem and therefore ultimately it's good does everybody see that it's a nuanced difference but it's worlds of a difference the one nuance changes the whole meaning of this how are we supposed to be living our lives so let's be living our lives with the with the thought and the understanding i trust hashem is going to take care of everything for the proper everything's going to be