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A question regarding private supervision in the opinion of the Meiri

שו”תCategory: faithA question regarding private supervision in the opinion of the Meiri
asked 1 year ago

Hello Rabbi Michael, the Meiri explains the Aggadatha in a way that since the people of Israel sinned in fornication, there has been no private supervision and Z”l:
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We have already explained above that the religious orientation of believing that God watches over human affairs is a private providence for reward or punishment, and we have already explained that leaving it to chance is one of the ways of punishment, and for this reason they said in this matter through a note: On the day Israel sinned, the Divine Presence was with each and every one of them, as it is said, “The Lord your God walks among your camps.” Because they sinned, the Divine Presence departed from them, as it is said, “And He will not see anything naked in you,” meaning that He does not watch over them. And leaves them to chance And from the Exodus, the purpose of the reward or punishment is for the world to come. Through a note, they said, “Everyone who commits one sin in this world is bound to it even in the world to come, as it is said, “And he did not listen to her, to lie with her, to be with her, to lie with her in this world, to be with her in the world to come.” And they said, “Everyone who commits one sin in this world, will be bound by her and will go before him on the Day of Judgment, as it is said, “Their ways will be bound by their ways.” And whoever does one commandment in this world, will be bound by her and will go before him in the world to come, as it is said, “And your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will gather you.”
I know that the rabbi’s opinion is that there is no private supervision because it is something that is not visible. Does this support your words or is there an irrelevant explanation here?


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מיכי Staff answered 2 months ago
There is another explanation here (he sees it as punishment, and I see it as progress), but the bottom line is that he does say that the Divine Presence departed due to sin. So factually, this is still against the view that sees God’s hand in everything. But it is not clear that he means actual departure. It is possible that he is talking about a momentary departure due to sin and not permanent behavior.

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