Trying to Understand G-d's Ways Without Resentment - R. Yitzchak Oelbaum - TorahAnytime.com

You know, story goes there was a new book that was published and the author wanted people to buy his book. So what he did was he gave out free copies to five, you know, uh today we'll call them uh >> influencers. Wow. Wow. Very impressed. Even I to think I had a mental block. So here the five influencers they read the book goes to the first guy he says how is the book he says I will not recommend your book to anybody says the beginning was terrible the end was terrible okay okay goes to the next person he says this is one of the greatest books I've ever read amazing beginning was amazing the ending was amazing was amazing And he asked the rest of the group and everybody, four out of five are telling him that this book was the best book I ever read in my life. The best book, the best book I've read. See the author goes back to the first guy and he asked me, he says, "Do me a favor." He says, "What didn't you like about the book?" He says, "The majority of the people loved it." I gave it to five people. Four people tell me it was the best book I ever had. And you're the only guy that's telling me it's it's it's it's messed up. Something's not adding up. So he asked me, he says, "Do he?" He says, "Tell me." He said, "What's going on?" So the guy tells him, he says, "Listen, so I'll be honest with you." He says, "The beginning of the book was missing pages, and the end of the book is missing pages." He says, "The book's not." Okay, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. He says, "I'll give you I'll give you a new book. Give you a new book." He gives THE GUY A NEW BOOK. The guy loved it. It was great. Rabbi, THE WORLD TODAY DIDN'T START TODAY. This world is a world of 6,000 pages. We came in the middle of the book. We're now 5700. We're middle of the book. And in Jewish history and there are things that don't make sense to us AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. And we have pain and we have this and people have barnaza and people are sick. There's mental illness. THERE'S MUSL THERE'S EVERYTHING. AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. AND IT'S SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND. And we look up. What are you doing? We're in the middle of the book.