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What does a 'chok' type mitzvah mean?
Not rationally comprehensible at all, even to the Divine intellect (an exclusive function of the Divine Will)
Rationally comprehensible by the Divine intellect, but not by humans (supra-rational)
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How can Chazal identify chukim as mitzvos that aren't readily understandable if the nations will be positively impressed by them?
Devarim 4:6 reads as follows:
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם כִּי הִוא חׇכְמַתְכֶם וּבִינַתְכֶם לְעֵינֵי הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁמְעוּן אֵת כׇּל הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה וְאָמְרוּ רַק עַם חָכָם וְנָבוֹן הַגּוֹי ...
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