Reply To: Suffering Due to Previous Gilgul

You can look at someone who suffered a tragedy, lets say a child who is autistic. One thing you can say is that

1) we have absolutely no idea why he is suffering but Hashem is doing the best thing for him somehow. 2) he is suffering because he was a criminal is a previous life and Hashem is doing the best thing for him. 3) he was born this way to give other people reward for taking care of him and to test the emunah of other people in Hashem, and Hashem will reward him for this un-earned suffering in olam haba.

I have to admit, it is hard for me to understand how number 3 is possible, since I can’t justify how Hashem can reward the people who were tortured in the holocaust (not the ones who were quickly shot, that I can understand, but rather the ones who were slowly tortured) in olam haba so Hashem can reward them later on. I believe most robbonim will give you the number 1 answer.