Prayer
I read and heard your approach to prayer (prayer is almost meaningless today). Like all of your words, they are fascinating and original.
I wanted to ask:
A. According to the Rambam, prayer is a commandment from the Torah, and according to the Rambam, in times of trouble it is also a commandment from the Torah.
Doesn’t this complicate matters a bit, since this is not just a mistake by the sages?
B. Isn’t the return to Zion in our day a miracle in your eyes? So at least our prayer and our vision… helped and came true.
C. You said (in lesson 11 on messianism) that what made you awaken to the subject were the prayers for Nachshon Waxman.
Do you think praying for the success of a military operation is just praying for a miracle or some kind of natural anomaly?
Does the success of a military operation depend only on nature and preparation for the operation? Doesn’t it also depend a little on “luck” that no soldier does anything stupid, that they are not discovered, that everything goes as planned without any exceptions. Apparently the difference between the success of an operation and its failure is as thin as a hair’s breadth, and not everything depends on the preparation for the operation. Isn’t it appropriate to pray for this?
In general, do you think all the victories and achievements of the IDF were by nature?
D. Is our entire life based solely on nature? Two people went on a trip or went to work. One broke his leg/had an accident.
There is no question of “luck” here (heavenly favor or the other way around). Is that your feeling?
A. This is not a mistake. In the past, God’s policy was to be involved, and therefore there were miracles and prophets. Today, He is not involved, and then the status of prayer changes. See about this here:
on. not. Regarding a historical event, however surprising and unusual, there is no way to determine that it is a miracle. Part of the spring of nations is that nations and states rose to their feet. It is certainly possible that the people of Israel will do the same. I did not see anything there that deviates from what you call nature. Rarity is not the same as a miracle and an exception to nature. It could of course be a miracle, but I do not see how anyone could determine that. I, in any case, do not.
third. Every prayer is a request from God to intervene and go beyond nature. After all, I am asking Him this way: If it were not for the intervention, the result would be X, and I am asking for it to be Y. If even if it were not for the intervention, Y would result, then why is prayer necessary? Therefore, contrary to what many mistakenly believe, there is no divine intervention within the framework of nature. Every intervention is a miracle, and every prayer is a request for a miracle (which is forbidden according to Halacha).
D. Probably yes. Anyway, I have no other indication.
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A. This is not a mistake. In the past, God’s policy was to be involved, and therefore there were miracles and prophets. Today, He is not involved, and then the status of prayer changes. See about this here:
on. not. Regarding a historical event, however surprising and unusual, there is no way to determine that it is a miracle. Part of the spring of nations is that nations and states rose to their feet. It is certainly possible that the people of Israel will do the same. I did not see anything there that deviates from what you call nature. Rarity is not the same as a miracle and an exception to nature. It could of course be a miracle, but I do not see how anyone could determine that. I, in any case, do not.
third. Every prayer is a request from God to intervene and go beyond nature. After all, I am asking Him this way: If it were not for the intervention, the result would be X, and I am asking for it to be Y. If even if it were not for the intervention, Y would result, then why is prayer necessary? Therefore, contrary to what many mistakenly believe, there is no divine intervention within the framework of nature. Every intervention is a miracle, and every prayer is a request for a miracle (which is forbidden according to Halacha).
D. Probably yes. Anyway, I have no other indication.
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A. This is not a mistake. In the past, God’s policy was to be involved, and therefore there were miracles and prophets. Today, He is not involved, and then the status of prayer changes. See about this here:
on. not. Regarding a historical event, however surprising and unusual, there is no way to determine that it is a miracle. Part of the spring of nations is that nations and states rose to their feet. It is certainly possible that the people of Israel will do the same. I did not see anything there that deviates from what you call nature. Rarity is not the same as a miracle and an exception to nature. It could of course be a miracle, but I do not see how anyone could determine that. I, in any case, do not.
third. Every prayer is a request from God to intervene and go beyond nature. After all, I am asking Him this way: If it were not for the intervention, the result would be X, and I am asking for it to be Y. If even if it were not for the intervention, Y would result, then why is prayer necessary? Therefore, contrary to what many mistakenly believe, there is no divine intervention within the framework of nature. Every intervention is a miracle, and every prayer is a request for a miracle (which is forbidden according to Halacha).
D. Probably yes. Anyway, I have no other indication.
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A. This is not a mistake. In the past, God’s policy was to be involved, and therefore there were miracles and prophets. Today, He is not involved, and then the status of prayer changes. See about this here:
on. not. Regarding a historical event, however surprising and unusual, there is no way to determine that it is a miracle. Part of the spring of nations is that nations and states rose to their feet. It is certainly possible that the people of Israel will do the same. I did not see anything there that deviates from what you call nature. Rarity is not the same as a miracle and an exception to nature. It could of course be a miracle, but I do not see how anyone could determine that. I, in any case, do not.
third. Every prayer is a request from God to intervene and go beyond nature. After all, I am asking Him this way: If it were not for the intervention, the result would be X, and I am asking for it to be Y. If even if it were not for the intervention, Y would result, then why is prayer necessary? Therefore, contrary to what many mistakenly believe, there is no divine intervention within the framework of nature. Every intervention is a miracle, and every prayer is a request for a miracle (which is forbidden according to Halacha).
D. Probably yes. Anyway, I have no other indication.
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A. This is not a mistake. In the past, God’s policy was to be involved, and therefore there were miracles and prophets. Today, He is not involved, and then the status of prayer changes. See about this here:
on. not. Regarding a historical event, however surprising and unusual, there is no way to determine that it is a miracle. Part of the spring of nations is that nations and states rose to their feet. It is certainly possible that the people of Israel will do the same. I did not see anything there that deviates from what you call nature. Rarity is not the same as a miracle and an exception to nature. It could of course be a miracle, but I do not see how anyone could determine that. I, in any case, do not.
third. Every prayer is a request from God to intervene and go beyond nature. After all, I am asking Him this way: If it were not for the intervention, the result would be X, and I am asking for it to be Y. If even if it were not for the intervention, Y would result, then why is prayer necessary? Therefore, contrary to what many mistakenly believe, there is no divine intervention within the framework of nature. Every intervention is a miracle, and every prayer is a request for a miracle (which is forbidden according to Halacha).
D. Probably yes. Anyway, I have no other indication.
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