Akiva Ben Joseph - Tag - In a past life… https://archive.jtimothyking.com/tags/akiva-ben-joseph/ Akiva Ben Joseph - Tag - In a past life… Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 07 Apr 2014 12:54:27 +0000 Whatever the All-Merciful Does Is for Good https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2014/04/07/whatever-the-all-merciful-does-is-for-good/ Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:54:27 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2014/04/07/whatever-the-all-merciful-does-is-for-good/

The Talmud tells this story (in Berachot 60b):

Rabbi Akiva was once going along the road and he came to a certain town and looked for lodgings. But everywhere he went, he was refused.

He sighed and said, “Whatever the All-Merciful does is for good.”

So because he couldn’t find a place to stay in the town, he traveled out of town, into an open field, and camped out there.

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