Q&A: Does the Holy One, Blessed be He, know me?
Does the Holy One, Blessed be He, know me?
Question
I’m interested in the question of whether the Holy One, Blessed be He, knows me and will reward me for my good actions. Does the Rabbi know of a philosophical discussion of this topic?
Answer
I didn’t understand the question. Do you want me to introduce the two of you? 🙂
Discussion on Answer
Do you also accept kvitlekh?
Ariel, are you looking for discussions of providence? The literature of Jewish thought (which usually doesn’t interest me that much) is full of it. Personally, I don’t think it really exists, at least not in the past several hundred years. It apparently decreases over the course of history. The topic has been discussed here on the site several times, and you can search for it.
Yishai, for a nominal fee, no problem. After all, people give a matchmaker several thousand dollars, don’t they?
Yishai, it is customary to say that the Rebbe can bring about salvation for a Hasid only if he has faith in the righteous man. Therefore (in light of your past remarks), I would recommend that you strengthen your faith in our master the Rebbe, may he live long, and only afterward submit kvitlekh.
The Rebbe here works salvations דווקא for critical people, who write him critical kvitlekh (called here: comments), and the Rebbe responds the very same day with no less criticism 🙂
Best regards, Shimshon Hershele Halevi of Ostropol
See a comprehensive discussion in the book by Haim Weissman, Creation, Prophecy, and Providence – Investigations of Beliefs in The Guide of the Perplexed, published by Har Bracha Institute. For places on this site where providence is discussed, I noted them at the end of the discussion on "A Response to Intervention," on this very site.
Best regards, S.Z. Lewinger
Ahhh… I’d like that…
The question is whether there’s any discussion of the subject—maybe we should call it “providence.”