tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749731.post7982748726447182722..comments2023-10-12T10:09:54.121-04:00Comments on Believing is Knowing: A Rationale For Mitzvot - Feeling The Presence Of God.David Guttmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07668302013143561290noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749731.post-29502793831520553562010-07-26T17:58:56.901-04:002010-07-26T17:58:56.901-04:00Elyahu, It seems you are saying the same thing I a...Elyahu, It seems you are saying the same thing I am. It is not the mitzvot themselves that are the actions that are within God's blueprint but the Hassagah one gets because the Mitzvot focus the person on God and cause hin to act according to his apprehension of God's Derachim.David Guttmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668302013143561290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749731.post-27236003483772983622010-07-26T17:51:11.512-04:002010-07-26T17:51:11.512-04:00Ergo, You are correct mitzvot do keep us on our to...Ergo, You are correct mitzvot do keep us on our toes. The Mitzvot that deal with tahara according to rambam apply only in Beit Hamikdash to make it difficult when we go there and not let it become routine. i will discuus eventually. Re Awesomness, the challenge is to overcome that fear when one arrives at that Madrega. I am not worried at this point personally ;_)David Guttmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668302013143561290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749731.post-1597446281756838992010-07-26T14:07:59.823-04:002010-07-26T14:07:59.823-04:00David,
Yishar Koach, I would think however that th...David,<br />Yishar Koach, I would think however that the Mitzvot are in themselves God's presence. The Mitzvot are our attachment to Him solely because they were commanded by him. We learned that the Hashgaha pratit is proportional to one's attachment to God, it's the attachment that actually creates and enhances Hashgaha.Eli Abramzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968173171056899599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749731.post-40674003056903487942010-07-26T08:39:40.330-04:002010-07-26T08:39:40.330-04:00Welcome back!
“We do not sit, move, and occupy ou...Welcome back!<br /><br />“We do not sit, move, and occupy ourselves when we are alone and at home, in the same manner as we do in the presence of a great king". True but what if we lived in the Palace as Princes or servants and saw the King every moment of every day?<br /><br />No doubt we would lose some sensitivity. Is that then the purpose of mitsvos as a tool to keep reminding us of His Presence?<br /><br />Also, if we were truely cognizant of the awesomeness of Gd could we function at all? Would we not be too petrified?Ergonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749731.post-67256801307285690432010-07-26T05:18:47.875-04:002010-07-26T05:18:47.875-04:00Anon, The definition of "good" is contin...Anon, The definition of "good" is continuance of existence and "bad" is destruction. If one acts according to God's ways it is by definition good even if in the short term or to the individual it seems to be destructive.David Guttmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668302013143561290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749731.post-72711592680264933572010-07-25T22:22:13.530-04:002010-07-25T22:22:13.530-04:00so if i understand correctly, suffering is psychol...so if i understand correctly, suffering is psychological in that cognizance of God, which is Hasgacha, leads one to realize that all is from God and therefore suffering dissipates. Thus, Hasgacha literally protects one from suffering. Not that bad will not befall a person, but that even if it does, through ones connection to God, one will know that God has a plan, and will be spared suffering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749731.post-25473820513350682002010-07-25T15:23:50.758-04:002010-07-25T15:23:50.758-04:00This is the Aristotelian view: "He who asks t...This is the Aristotelian view: "He who asks the law to rule asks that God and reason alone shall rule. While he who asks that a man shall rule adds the appetite of the beast."<br />On the other hand, there is Max Weber's statement: "The is absolutely no 'unbroken' religion working as a vital force that does not demand the "credo non quod,sed quia absurdum," the sacrifice of the intellect.<br />Most people are torn between these two points of view. We Jews are blessed, as you wrote, with hashgacha pratiyut. Unfortunately, we are the least of the nations and this exposes our faith to the cycles of life that occur in nations and other faithsSelwyn Gellernoreply@blogger.com