Values
Let’s just assume, for example, that there is no formal prohibition on abortion.
Can I, as a person from the 21st century, come and say that although there is no formal prohibition (=halakhic rule) on this, but since we have noted that the Torah is very strict about the value of life (pikuach nefesh rejects almost everything, etc.), is it possible to come (with such a value interpretation) and say that nevertheless aborting a fetus is against the will of God (compared to the word of God explicitly stated in the Torah, the terminology following the beginning of the book “Walking in the Standing Sea”)? In other words, is it possible to come and say that aborting a fetus does not violate a halakhic rule, but it does violate a Torah principle (that it deserves punishment, etc.)?
Not only is it possible, but it is certainly true. Either the spirit of the law or morality. I have often discussed here the relationship between the law and morality regarding abortion.
This was a private question to bring us to a more general question, a methodical question: Where does the boundary/line of God's will actually work? Can I come to every issue and say "Well, there is no prohibition here, but it is still against God's will"?
In short:
– When should one say this ("Well, there is no prohibition, but believe me, it is still against God's will") and when not?
– What are the considerations for saying this? Just my personal opinion? Or in other words, how can I really know what God's will is in order to say one thing so that X is against His will?
It can also be argued that the spirit of the Torah is not to ask ethical questions and not to decide, just as one does not demand a reason for reading. One can argue almost anything from the Torah. And people argue different things from it. If it were possible to understand its purpose, everyone would come to the same conclusion.
Moreover, even if there is agreement in certain things, it is impossible to know that the inference that this is the purpose of the Torah is correct. After all, it is possible that it refers to something else or is hidden, and that there is a certain overlap between them.
In fact, the Gemara in the Blessings explicitly says that since the day the Temple was destroyed, what is important is only four cubits of Halacha.
The will of God is either what the moral says, or you can understand from the Torah that such is the will of God. See my article on the separation of challah and the offering.
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