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Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Which liberal and progressive ideas conflict with the Torah? How should Jewish institutions handle LGBT pressures by a member? How does the secular view of sexuality compare to that of the Torah? Should we educate our children about these issues, or keep silent? Should someone with these beliefs and/or practices be distanced? Not given an Aliya?
***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Zevulun Schwartzman – Rosh Kollel, Yerushalayim – 11:19
with Rabbi Mayer Twersky – Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yitzchok Elchanan – 36:51
with Jonathan Rosenblum – Famed Author and Writer for Mishpacha Magazine – 59:42
with Denise Harle Esq. – senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom – 1:23:56
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This concept was also implied by Solomon in his statement [Ecclesiastes 11:9]: "Young man, rejoice in your youth... but, know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment," i.e., know that you have the potential to do, but in the future, you will have to account for your deeds.
Thursday May 20, 2021
Therefore, he is judged according to his deeds. If he does good, he is treated with beneficence. If he does bad, he is treated harshly. This is implied by the prophets' statements: "This has been the doing of your hands” [Malachi 1:9]; "They also have chosen their own paths” [Isaiah 66:3].
Thursday May 20, 2021
, He desired that man have free choice and be responsible for his deeds, without being pulled or forced. Rather, he, on his own initiative, with the knowledge which God has granted him, will do anything that man is able to do.
Thursday May 20, 2021
How is this [apparent contradiction] resolved? Just as the Creator desired that [the elements of] fire and wind rise upward and [those of] water and earth descend downward, that the heavenly spheres revolve in a circular orbit, and all the other creations of the world follow the nature which He desired for them, so too,
Thursday May 20, 2021
A person should not wonder: How is it possible for one to do whatever he wants and be responsible for his own deeds? - Is it possible for anything to happen in this world without the permission and desire of its Creator as [Psalms 135:6] states: "Whatever God wishes, He has done in the heavens and in the earth?" One must know that everything is done in accord with His will and, nevertheless, we are responsible for our deeds.
Thursday May 20, 2021
[According to their mistaken conception,] from the beginning of man's creation, it would be decreed upon him, or his nature would draw him, to a particular quality and he could not depart from it. What place would there be for the entire Torah? According to which judgement or sense of justice would retribution be administered to the wicked or reward to the righteous? Shall the whole world's Judge not act justly!
Thursday May 20, 2021
Were God to decree that an individual would be righteous or wicked or that there would be a quality which draws a person by his essential nature to any particular path [of behavior], way of thinking, attributes, or deeds, as imagined by many of the fools [who believe] in astrology - how could He command us through [the words of] the prophets: "Do this," "Do not do this," "Improve your behavior," or "Do not follow after your wickedness?"
Thursday May 20, 2021
לפיכך דנין אותו לפי מעשין: אם עשה טובה - מטיבין לו, ואם עשה רעה - מריעין לו. הוא שהנביא אומר: "מידכם היתה זאת" לכם, "גם המה בחרו בדרכיהם" ובענין זה אמר שלמה: "שמח בחור בילדותך... ודע כי על כל אלה יביאך האלהים במשפט", כלומר דע שיש בידך כח לעשות ועתיד אתה ליתן את הדין.
Thursday May 20, 2021
ואל תתמה ותאמר: היאך יהיה האדם עושה כל מה שיחפוץ ויהיו מעשיו מסורים לו, וכי יעשה בעולם דבר שלא ברשות קונו ולא חפצו, והכתוב אומר: "כל אשר חפץ ה' עשה בשמים ובארץ"? דע שהכל כחפצו יעשה, ואף על פי שמעשינו מסורין לנו! כיצד? כשם שהיוצר חפץ להיות האש והרוח עולים למעלה, והמים והארץ יורדים למטה, והגלגל סובב בעיגול, וכן שאר בריות העולם להיות כמנהגן שחפץ בו, ככה חפץ להיות האדם רשותו בידו וכל מעשיו מסורין לו, ולא יהיה לו לא כופה ולא מושך אלא הוא מעצמו ובדעתו שנתן לו האל עושה כל שהאדם יכול לעשות.
Thursday May 20, 2021
[עריכה] אילו האל היה גוזר על האדם להיות צדיק או רשע, או אילו היה שם דבר שמושך את האדם בעיקר תולדתו לדרך מן הדרכים או למדע מן המדעות או לדעה מן הדעות או למעשה מן המעשים כמו שבודים מלבם הטפשים הוברי שמים - היאך היה מצוה לנו על ידי הנביאים "עשה כך ואל תעשה כך", "הטיבו דרכיכם ואל תלכו אחרי רשעכם", והוא מתחלת ברייתו כבר נגזר עליו, או תולדתו תמשוך אותו לדבר שאי אפשר לזוז ממנו? ומה מקום היה לכל התורה כולה? ובאי זה דין ואיזה משפט נפרע מן הרשע או משלם שכר לצדיק? "השופט כל הארץ לא יעשה משפט?".
Thursday May 20, 2021
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