Questions tagged [tov-goodness]
Questions regarding the philosophical concept of tov - good.
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If we think of evil as the absence of good, then how should we understand sheidim/evil spirits/demons?
Many Jewish commentators such as Rambam (Moreh Nevuchim 3:10 explains that evil doesn't have a reality of its own, but is merely a privation of good) thought that evil was merely the absence of good ...
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Is Everything Part of God's Plan?
I'd like to follow up on Joseph telling his brothers: Don’t worry and don’t feel guilty about selling me in Egypt: It was all God’s plan. [Genesis 45:4-8, 50:19-21]
The Talmud teaches that everything ...
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When must we go beyond the Torah?
We are taught that we must sometimes go “beyond the letter of the law” (לפנים משורת הדין) to do "what is right and good in the sight of the Lord" [Deut. 6:18]. The Talmud says:
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Does the flow of Divine goodness from a Bracha flow upwards or horizontally?
In short: I once read an explanation of Ramchal that HaShem didn't create the world for His own benefit, because He doesn't need anything, so all that He had created has been created for 'another'. A ...
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goodness and pleasure the purpose of creation
The Ramchal teaches that goodness is the reason that G-d created the world, to give of His goodness to another (human).
But he also wrote:
Man was created for the sole purpose of rejoicing in G-d ...
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searching for the source for Kulo Tov?
What is the original source for HaShem being called 'Kulo Tov', 'Completely Good'?
It seems to be the source for the idea that HaShem created the creation to bestow His goodness.
Could anyone explain ...
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How does "וירא א׳ את האור כי טוב" imply goodness per se?
Haamek Davar to B'reshis 1:4 explains that "טוב" can mean either "good for its intended purpose" (even if that purpose is not good) or "good in truth". The אור (light, let's say) created on the first ...
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