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Suffering is sadly familiar to Jews. We have a long and painful history of suffering. Our sages taught that the Torah was given on Mount Sinai because Sinai is etymologically similar to
sinah, which means hatred. From the day that we were chosen to become a light unto the nations, the nations responded to us with hatred.
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