# <![CDATA[S7, E6 The Guide of the Perplexed, The Problem of Evil, 02: Non-Existent Evil ]]>

From **The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton** by R Shnayor Burton.

- **Published:** Tue, 23 Jul 2024 03:07:17 GMT
- **Duration:** 00:59:44
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<![CDATA[<p>This lecture series is a project of כרם בין תורה לחכמה, generously sponsored by R' Yoel Werzberger. 


Highlights:</p>
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1:00 Goodness is what is real, and evil is privation</p>
<p>3:20 The goodness of the universe is the foundational notion of the whole Torah</p>
<p>9:00 Are the masses of today similar to the masses in the past?</p>
<p>11:30 Existence is good as judged by all existents </p>
<p>14:45 Creation ex Nihilo and evil as privation</p>
<p>16:45 Non-existence is evil only relative to existence</p>
<p>28:30 Confronting evil is confronting the nothingness that preceded Creation, and induces fear of God due to its absurdity</p>
<p>33:00 Confronting evil is confronting the notion that perhaps nothing at all should exist; fear of God is the antidote to evil</p>
<p>38:00 When a person judges existence to be good, existence is judging itself; God does not "exist," and therefore He doesn't judge things to be good</p>
<p>46:00 The Torah talks about God as if he is part of the same system of existence as everything else


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