Reply To: Suffering Due to Previous Gilgul

halevi: I personally find the concept of gilgul comforting on a personal level because all the suffering that people go through literally keeps me up at night in pain. However, I cannot allow this emotional desire to explain away the pains of life to overshadow the other gedolim. it is also dangerous, as I realized in myself that if I were to accept such a view, the suffering of others would not bother me as much, since they deserved it- and I would not put in as much effort to aliavte suffering that a person deserves (as apposed to suffering from yesurim shel ahahva).

“It is wrong to think that ‘this person did something wrong last life.”

So you are basically saying the concept of Rabbi Mizrachi is correct, but the statement he made “dont feel bad for this kid hes really a big criminal” is wrong? How can you differentiate between the two.

“Therefore, it is irrelevant in this topic.”

I do not follow that. Also, the gem in brachos 5a clearly says if one is suffering one should look at his sins from this life, if he cant find them he should know its yesurim shel ahava or bitul torah- nothing about gilgul.