Timeline for Paradox of the Evil Inclination: Hashem commands to disobey Himself?
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| Aug 3, 2022 at 22:20 | comment | added | Yaacov Deane | @AlBerko Not sure from what you are writing if you are asking for an answer to your last question or requesting, please don’t answer. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 21:41 | comment | added | Al Berko | @YaacovDeane How'bout Job - God was forbidden to let Satan entice Job as מסית ומדיח. Please don't rush with replies. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 21:37 | comment | added | Yaacov Deane | @AlBerko Your assumption is that the function is to incite. That is not correct. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 21:30 | comment | added | Al Berko | @YaacovDeane Your answer does not address in any way the Halachic conundrum I presented. I spoke in Halachic, not theological, terms: there's an explicit Toranic commandment that God seemingly transgresses by appointing and maintaining an inciter. | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 10:53 | comment | added | Yaacov Deane | Related answer: judaism.stackexchange.com/a/130262/7303 | |
| Mar 16, 2019 at 19:35 | history | edited | Al Berko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 8, 2018 at 16:18 | comment | added | Yaacov Deane | 3) You assume that HaShem is commanding the angelic forces to disobey the King. But this contradicts the clear teaching of the Ari z"l that the Yetzer HaRa is compared to a prostitute who is a loyal subject of the King. The prostitute follows the Kings command exactly and prays for the success of the one she is interacting with. | |
| Mar 8, 2018 at 16:15 | comment | added | Yaacov Deane | The seeming paradox you are questioning exists because you are assuming several points. 1) That the Yetzer HaRa is trying to make us sin. The actual function of the Yetzer HaRa is like that of the Nachash HaKadmoni. It questions us and points out our inconsistencies to us. This causes doubt. 2) You assume that this is placing a stumbling block before the blind. But that presumes that the final outcome is in doubt. The general rule is that bad does not come from above. That includes the testing of the Yetzer HaRa. | |
| Mar 8, 2018 at 15:53 | answer | added | Micha Berger | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 8, 2018 at 9:51 | comment | added | Al Berko | @ezra He clearly writes (just like everybody else) that YH's goal is to deflect a person from Derech Hashem, so either you find this commandment in the Torah or solve this paradox. | |
| Mar 8, 2018 at 9:17 | comment | added | Al Berko | @ezra There are tons of interpretations of אורייתא וקב''ה on different levels and realms. Divrei Yaakov is just one of them, it is not a unanimous official interpretation of it. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 19:45 | comment | added | ezra | Take a look at the first chapter in Divrei Yaakov to understand the concept of אורייתא וקב''ה וישראל חד איהו. It's a very deep concept that can't really be taken at face value. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 18:27 | history | edited | WAF |
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| Mar 7, 2018 at 10:33 | history | edited | Al Berko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 5, 2018 at 16:28 | comment | added | Heshy | @AlBerko the first two comments are me. The third comment is somebody else. I didn't get your ping, but I'm not sure if he did either. | |
| Mar 5, 2018 at 2:15 | answer | added | Uber_Chacham | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 12:20 | comment | added | Al Berko | @Heshy 1. is it the same Heshy? 2. I saw Rashi here, I didn't realize what you're referring to he.chabad.org/parshah/… 3. The last paragraph "it's not a story" I also didn't understand what it is about? | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 4:33 | comment | added | Hershy S. | "it's not just a story, a tale that's been told; a fable, a myth or a legend of old; it's not someone's fantasy, theory, or whim. it's what i believe, ani maamin" | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 0:48 | comment | added | Heshy | See Rashi on the last pasuk in Nitzavim | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 0:46 | comment | added | Heshy | Why would it be rewarded? It's not a person and doesn't have free will. That's like saying how are tables rewarded for holding things. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 0:28 | history | asked | Al Berko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |