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How is the World to Come preceded by suffering?
The first answer to the OP's question comes from mishna Pirkei Avos 4:22
הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר, הַיִּלּוֹדִים לָמוּת, וְהַמֵּתִים לְהֵחָיוֹת, וְהַחַיִּים לִדּוֹן. לֵידַע לְהוֹדִיעַ וּלְהִוָּדַע שֶׁהוּא ...
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How is the World to Come preceded by suffering?
The Gra explains that gemara to mean avodas hamusar. To work on yourself and breaking your middos is the suffering the gemara is refferrimg to.
(Gra qouted in fancy even shleima, propably somewhere on ...
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