Q&A: The President of Iran
The President of Iran
Question
Do you think there is reason to believe that the hand of God was involved in the crash of the Iranian president’s aircraft? And if not, how would you explain why not?
Answer
Do I need to explain why not? You explain why yes.
I have a question for you: do you think it was the Burmese? If not, how would you explain why not?
Discussion on Answer
First of all, we all believe that everything that happens in the world is directed from above, whether it’s the crash of a presidential helicopter or the opening of a market stall. Second, Raisi’s death will not change a thing. The role he filled is parallel to that of the King of Britain. The real power is in the hands of the ayatollahs.
“We all” means you and who else? I didn’t want to use a somewhat crude joke.
Me, and it is written that even if a person put his hand into his pocket to take out one coin and a different coin came out, that is considered suffering, and it is from Heaven [see the entire passage in Berakhot 5a]
A believer in miracles would argue that this is a very unlikely event that aligns very closely with the Israeli interest, and it feels like a biblical event in which the wicked dies by the hand of God, even if it appears to happen through natural means.
Just as, according to tradition, the Book of Esther involved divine intervention that steered events even though it was hidden and no supernatural event was seen.