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===Judaism=== {{Main|Anger in Judaism}} In [[Judaism]], anger is a negative trait. In the [[Book of Genesis]], [[Jacob]] condemned the anger that had arisen in his sons Simon and Levi: "Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel."<ref name="Jewish">[[Kaufmann Kohler]], [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1523&letter=A Anger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206101308/http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1523&letter=A |date=2010-02-06 }}, [[Jewish Encyclopedia]]</ref> Restraining oneself from anger is seen as noble and desirable, as [[Ethics of the Fathers]] states: {{Blockquote|[[Ben Zoma]] said: Who is strong? He who subdues his evil inclination, as it is stated, "He who is slow to anger is better than a strong man, and he who masters his passions is better than one who conquers a city" (Proverbs 16:32).<ref>Ethics of the Fathers 4:1</ref>}} Maimonides rules that one who becomes angry is as though that person had worshipped idols.<ref>Rambam, Hilchot de'ot 2</ref> Rabbi [[Shneur Zalman of Liadi]] explains that the parallel between anger and idol worship is that by becoming angry, one shows a disregard of [[Divine Providence]] β whatever had caused the anger was ultimately ordained from Above β and that through coming to anger one thereby denies the hand of [[God in Judaism|God]] in one's life.<ref>Sefer HaTanya, p. 535</ref> In its section dealing with ethical traits a person should adopt, the ''[[Shlomo Ganzfried#Kitzur Shulchan Aruch|Kitzur Shulchan Aruch]]'' states: "Anger is also a very evil trait and it should be avoided at all costs. You should train yourself not to become angry even if you have a good reason to be angry."<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 29:4</ref> In modern writings, Rabbi [[Harold Kushner]] finds no grounds for anger toward God because "our misfortunes are none of His doing".<ref>Harold S. Kushner, ''When Bad Things Happen to Good People'' (Schocken Books, 1981), 44.</ref> In contrast to Kushner's reading of the [[Bible]], David Blumenthal finds an "abusing God" whose "sometimes evil" actions evoke vigorous protest, but without severing the protester's relationship with God.<ref>{{cite web|first=David |last=Blumenthal |title=Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest (Westminster/John Knox, 1993) |page=223 |url=http://religion.emory.edu/faculty/blumenthal.html |publisher=Religion.emory.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115041028/http://religion.emory.edu/faculty/blumenthal.html |archive-date=2014-01-15 }}</ref>
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