Dennis Prager recalls a rabbi's argument that God is the Bible's most tragic figure. God created humans, called them very good, then became sad about what He made. The rabbi saw divine sorrow as the deepest tragedy in scripture.
I have told this on the air. I was at a present— many years, I mean truly many, like 40 years ago, I was at a lecture. A very prominent rabbi was speaking. He's long since deceased. And he looked at the audience and said, okay, who's the most tragic figure in the Bible? And everybody had, you know, some answer. Well, some Moses was a very common answer. He never got into the Promised Land. He had no joy from his kids. Aaron was also filled with tragedy. Jacob thought that his beloved son Joseph was dead most of his life. There are a lot of candidates for the most tragic figure in the Bible. And then he listened to everybody's name, and then he said, no, no, no, my opinion, most tragic figure in the Bible is God. Starts out so optimistic, and God created the human being and saw it was very good. The only day of creation that God said was very good was the day he created human beings, the sixth day. And you're right, it says, and God got sad that he created man on earth. For the full episode of The Dennis Prager Show, go to pragertopia.com, sign up, and become a full member.
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