Why Does Suffering Afflict the Jews?

This preachment that Hashem has “rejected” Israel is a fundamental doctrine of our imitators, and they look on with pious glee on all that has befallen us. But we know that all is solely done for our benefit... “All Israel has a share in the World to Come” (Sanhedrin 90A), and they are being purified in this world as a preparation for their destiny in the True World. — Fortunate Nation