Why Bad Things Don't Happen to Good People - Finding Light in the Darkness

by Shaul Rosenblatt

Why Bad Things Don't Happen to Good People addresses one of the most frequently asked questions of all time. After the passing of his wife at a very young age, leaving him with four children under the age of nine, Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt spent years finding the balance between his overwhelming pain of loss and his concurrent appreciation that everything God does is for the best. Why would an all-loving 'good' God do something seemingly so 'bad' to him and his young children? The answer is that He didn't. With this premise, Why Bad Things Don't Happen to Good People expertly tackles the most challenging topic of all time. With a light and sometimes humorous style, and through sharing his own personal story of loss and recovery, Rabbi Rosenblat provides an answer to the almost unanswerable question. He will challenge your conceptions as he delivers a remarkable and powerful argument that in fact, bad things simply don't happen to good people! Why Bad things Don't Happen to Good People is a must-have in every Jewish home!

128 pages, Hardcover

Published November 14, 2016

Reviews

[Mordechai Lipman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book outlines the Jewish approach to understanding painful and tragic events, including death of a loved one. The author suffered a personal loss, which no doubt inspired his writing of this book. He does an excellent job of explaining Jewish philosophy regarding this subject in the first 93 pages of the book. I gave it 5 stars but with a caveat: I recommend you don’t read part 2 of the book, in which he discusses his personal loss, how he moved on and his post-tragedy life. It was probably very cathartic for him to write but it’s very personal and I felt uncomfortable reading it. He accomplished his purpose in writing this book in the first 93 pages and part 2 is unnecessary and self-indulgent.