Faith - 2

One of the most famous Eastern European scholars of the 18th century The Vilna Gaon drew the following parable in explanation to this and other tragedies. There once was a wealthy man, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, wanted a suit custom made. He purchased the finest material and brought it to a fabulously talented tailor. After dictating to the tailor specific instructions, he went on his merry way leaving the tailor to his craft. When it was time to pick up the finished product, he found a stunning work of art in his new garment. "And where," he asked, "is the rest of the material?" The patient tailor merely smiled and said, "There is no more, it was all used to make the suit."

The man stared at the tailor incredulously. "So much material for such a small suit?" The tailor responded by taking the suit and slowly unraveling it stitch by stitch, thread by thread, until it was completely taken apart. When he had finished, it was clear to the wealthy, yet simple fellow, that the tailor was indeed correct. "But why," asked the confounded man, "did your have to unravel it?" "I had no choice," answered the tailor, "for otherwise you would not have been able to comprehend. You had to witness firsthand the entire undoing of your new suit in order to understand the procedure."