Moses’ knowledge of God
It is known, according to the Rambam’s commentary, that Moses asked God, “Please show me your glory,” and thus wanted to know God as He knows humans, but God refused (because a person cannot reach this knowledge). My question is, why did Moses ask God to know Him in the first place? He believed in His existence, so what is the need to know Him if he already knows Him?
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There is a mitzvah to draw near (to know) God, and I simply don't understand why if I already "believe" in Him. And yes, Rabbi, I would love to know how you explain the first mitzvah of the Mishnah Torah, which states that there is a mitzvah to believe in God, if you say that belief in God actually requires the service of God, if I understood correctly and not the other way around?
I don't understand these questions. Even assuming that you are right that there is a mitzvah to know Him and not just believe in Him. What is difficult about that? How is it different from all the other 13 mitzvot? On the contrary, it is even more understandable than most of them.
Mitzvah A of the Rambam cannot be interpreted simply for several reasons. For example, there is not and cannot be a mitzvah to accept facts. I don't know what the explanation for his method is. Some claim that the mitzvah is to investigate this.
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