🔷 Forgetting your losses 

Sages teach us, "Everything HaShem does is for the best," and forgetfulness is no exception. While people sometimes complain about forgetting different details, forgetfulness often serves as a divine blessing for us to move forward with life. 

We often take for granted that time heals all, and for many of life's material challenges – a lost job, a missed opportunity, a shidduh that didn't materialize – this is true. The initial gloom fades because, deep down, we know these troubles are not ultimate. Our hearts become ready to be comforted.

But the loss of a loved one is a different realm entirely. It's not material; it's spiritual, a pain so deep one might think no consolation could ever suffice. How can time possibly heal a wound that strikes at the very soul?

Our Holy Rabbis in Talmud Pesachim address this seemingly insurmountable challenge. They reveal a startling truth about how we cope with such profound grief. The ability to forget those we've lost from our hearts is not a natural human function. It is only possible through a divine decree. Without this heavenly mercy, without Hashem's direct intervention, a person could never truly move forward.

Rabbi Lerner delves into the crucial reason behind this divine act. Why is it that the ability to forget, even those dearest to us, is a necessary kindness from Above? Discover the surprising truth about what the constant, unrelieved memory of every single soul we have lost throughout our lives would do to a person, and why this divine forgetfulness is essential to prevent...

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