Reply To: In a Heap O' Trouble

As far believing, of course it is incumbent upon all of us to believe, myself included. That has nothing to do with hope. As far as ABC’s post, most all of what was listed points to the fantastic level of learning and dissemination of Torah. Something that didn’t help the last few time we experienced tremendous tzarot. Are we better steeped in torah now than in the times of the Beit Hamikdash? Than R’ Akiva’s students? Its not just Torah that saves us. It couldn’t save them. I sometimes get the feeling that we have gotten the Torah aspect down we just have waaay waay to go on just simple Derech Eretz and acting like the Torah requires of us. Look, my point was that at the very least, if something big (and usually bad) is coming our way at least maybe a further generation will learn from our mistakes. Unlike us it seems.