Q&A: The Sages
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The Sages
Question
I once heard that the Sages said that if a person needs to put his hand into his pocket twice in order to take out a coin, that counts for him as suffering. And if suffering was decreed upon him in this world, or for the sake of atonement for sins, this is considered enough for him. Do you agree with that?
Answer
I have no idea. I can only assume that they also had no idea. Maybe they meant to teach some kind of lesson, but if this is meant as a factual claim, I don't know who could possibly know that.