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Divine will

שו”תCategory: faithDivine will
asked 8 years ago

Hello Rabbi,
Is it possible to apply the concept of will to God? The question is well-known whether will does not indicate a deficiency, and the common answer is that His will is not our will. If we follow this line of answer, then the divine will is a new entity, which we will call X. Nothing can be said about X except that it answers the question of why things are done in a way that they are not supposed to behave. In other words, this is just assuming a solution without really solving the problem.
Does the Rabbi have another explanation for the concept of divine will, divine intervention, and providence?


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מיכי Staff answered 8 years ago
I agree with your argument about excuses like “what he has is not like ours”, as this empties the discourse of its content. But I don’t think that desire necessarily indicates a disadvantage even in humans. See my column on altruistic actions (120 and 122).

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רון replied 4 years ago

Are there other places where the Rabbi deals with this issue? The above articles do not mention the subject as much.

מיכי Staff replied 4 years ago

I didn't mean that the issue is mentioned there. I meant that you would see there that desire does not indicate a disadvantage.

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