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The Torah was spoken in the language of humans.

שו”תCategory: faithThe Torah was spoken in the language of humans.
asked 2 years ago

I feel embarrassed because some of the conceptual ground is slipping or threatening to slip under me.
I heard some explanation for ‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain’
This is a warning to priests and rabbis who bear the name of the Torah in the world.
Not to speak with certainty and absoluteness about the Torah and the mitzvah because God is true and His seal is true.
But the Torah is less true because the Torah spoke in the language of humans.
The instructions, stories, poetry, parables, and commandments are according to the ability and language of humans (at the time of the giving of the Torah?) and not according to the level of absolute truth and certainty. This is what is there and this is the maximum that can be expected from humans, and therefore it was given that way, but to call upon the name of God for it is in vain.
We do not truly understand God and certainly cannot take His name and interpret His will, and this is the warning, ‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.’
Therefore, according to Rambam, there is no truth except the uniqueness of God.
 
I don’t know if this interpretation is orthodox or not.
 
 


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מיכי Staff answered 2 years ago
The question is not whether this interpretation is orthodox but whether it is correct. In examining the sources, it is clear that halakhically this is not the prohibition of “you shall not marry.” But as for the essence of the argument, I completely agree that extracting instructions from the Torah is very problematic and it is certainly difficult to speak with certainty here. And whoever presents his ideas as if they arise from the interpretation of the Torah with certainty is lying and not bearing a name in vain. And the interpretation that you heard itself proves the point. A groundless interpretation that was attached to the verse to prove his own claim (which in itself seems logical to me, as mentioned).

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