RABBI WEIN ON HURRICANES AND POLITICAL STORMS

(PLEASE LEARN THIS L"N FOR BENTZION BEN CHAIM BER AND THE REST OF THE MUMBAI KEDOSHIM ON THEIR YORTZEIT) The devastating hurricane that visited the eastern part of the United States last week spawned terrible loss of life, enormous property damage and some soul-searching as to the real non-weather related cause of this disaster. Judging from the emails I have received and reading the pronouncements that have appeared, especially in Jewish publications, it is apparent that many people feel themselves expert enough to know God’s mind, so to speak, in this matter.