Berachos 5a § 4
Afflictions are for Our Benefit
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Whomever God desires: He crushes with afflictions.
And the one whom God desires He crushed with sickness.
Now, one might have thought that this applies even if he does not accept the afflictions with love.
The verse continues:
if his soul acknowledges guilt (asham)
which can be interpreted as linking afflictions to an asham offering
is accepted only if it is brought with consent.
so too afflictions of this nature are visited upon a person only if they are accepted with consent.
And the one whom God desires He crushed with sickness.
Now, one might have thought that this applies even if he does not accept the afflictions with love.
The verse continues:
if his soul acknowledges guilt (asham)
which can be interpreted as linking afflictions to an asham offering
is accepted only if it is brought with consent.
so too afflictions of this nature are visited upon a person only if they are accepted with consent.