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Integrity and training

שו”תIntegrity and training
asked 7 years ago

Hello Rabbi,
On the subject of perfection and self-improvement, I do not understand why it is assumed that God has the attribute of self-improvement.
I understand that there is no contradiction between the statements that it is both complete and rewarding (the relationship between a process and changing states), but the basic assumption is still not clear to me, and as I already wrote, why assume that it is rewarding (completeness as potential) if it is complete?


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מיכי Staff answered 7 years ago
I’m also not sure it’s necessary. The assumption is that whatever perfection we have must also be there for him and appear there in perfection. But of course it can be argued that since he is perfect, then the training is not perfection from his perspective, and therefore there is no difficulty in it not being worthwhile. It should be noted that even if this is not completeness from his perspective, there is another assumption that can also lead to his need to be fulfilled: everything that exists with us and in the world has its roots in him. And if we are fulfilled, he too is supposed to be endowed with this quality. In my article on Zeno’s arrow, I explained that it is potentially present in him and is realized through us. This answer seems to me correct in itself, even if the difficulty that led Rabbi Kook to it is not really difficult.

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