Torah of Suffering and Comfort

On Suffering: Meaning, Meaninglessness, and Comfort (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)

In this session, we will explore a range of classical rabbinic attitudes to suffering, its meanings or lack of meaning, its potentially transformative power, and how one might respond to it. Facilitated by Dr Raphael Dascalu.

Divine Empathy: A Hasidic Response To Suffering (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)
In this session, we will encounter Hasidic teachings along with Talmudic and Midrashic approaches to the question: where might God be when there is pain and grief? Facilitated by Rabbanit Ellyse Borghi.

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