Question

Hello Rabbi, I read your book The Science of Freedom, and I didn’t find in it an answer to my view (I’m not complaining; it isn’t a common view). I’d be glad for a response, and perhaps the Rabbi can open my eyes regarding the flaws or lack of honesty in this view (I’m less skilled at analyzing concepts and logic).
In my opinion, when the Holy One, blessed be He, created the world, He created physical laws in which, as the Rabbi showed in his book, there is no room to “insert” free will. Likewise, He established spiritual laws, to which the entire spiritual side of the world (including the human spirit) is subject. Human consciousness/spirit is also subject to laws that could be called “meta-psychological,” and they dictate a person’s thought.
So where does free will come in? That is a definitional question. The Sages already said, “There is no free person except one who engages in Torah.” “Freedom” is a value attributed to an action (like the value “truth” attributed to a claim). An action that “flows” with the divine will is a “free” action, and an action that opposes it is a “slave-like” one.
That is how I understand Rabbi Yehuda Halevi in “Slaves of time are slaves to slaves; the servant of God alone is free.” This is not about an idea, but about a conceptual definition.
Thank you very much, and all the best…