"Notebook Five – Additional Considerations for Completion"
In the SD
Hello Rabbi,
You mentioned in the notebook, after discussing the reliability of the tradition, additional aspects of why it is not clear to claim that it is a myth.
One of these arguments is-
"If this is indeed a conspiracy and not a natural process, then I would not expect there to be any biblical statements that can be empirically refuted, such as the blessing in the sixth year before the Sabbatical (Leviticus 25:21), or the promise that when it is set on foot, no one will covet our land (Exodus 34:24), and so on. [1]
[1] The question of whether these prophecies actually came true is another question that I will not go into here.
I wanted to address this question specifically here, (I didn't see you address it elsewhere..) –
Many times, punishments and rewards are mentioned for other mitzvot besides the blessing in the sixth year. For example, in places it is said, "That your days may be prolonged," etc. And it is valid for a 'later' to see that the one who engaged in the above mitzvot did indeed die, and yet God died.
Therefore, doesn't the Rabbi see that if the Torah writes X and it doesn't happen, but rather Y (which is the opposite of X) happens, this is actually proof against the tradition!
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