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...represented by only a few brief phrases, the most important being a portion of one verse, the familiar "The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord" (1:21), which appears in the burial service. The problem is not that God is directly responsible...

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...seems inevitable—and highly revealing—that he should also overlook the book's most famous passage: "The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21). What do Job's words mean? In particular, what does it mean to "bless the name...

...and sorrow and I invoke the name of the Lord" (ibid., vss. 3-4). 7 e. And thus [too] does Job say, "the Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21 ) — [ blessing God, therefore, both] for the good measure and for the measure...

...just say to me that we are obligated to return a deposit to its rightful owner? For thus is it said. The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord (Job 1:21)." Here a "real-life" situation illustrates the nonliteral interpretation of halakhic...

...II6:I3); I CAME UPON TROUBLE AND SORROW AND I INVOKED THE NAME OF THE LORD(Ps. LI6:3-4). So too Job says THE LORD HAS GIVEN, AND THE LORD HAS TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD (Job I: 2I)—for both the measure of goodness and the measure of punishment. What did his...

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...shovel some earth on to the coffin as it is lowered into the ground. The service ends with the words: The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord.' \TS A FACT • The Jewish Scriptures say that people should live until the age of 70. •...