Cause & Effect - Daily Dose of Wisdom

Everything in the universe works in a chain of cause and effect. At the beginning of every such chain lies a decision, a free choice for which there is no cause, nothing that forced it to be that way. Whatever comes out of that chain will come back to the one who initiated it.

At the beginning of each chain and at its end, there lies purpose.

Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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May 3, 2010

After Cause and Effect

There would seem to be more than the primary explanation of cause and effect. for example: one plants a seed, a tree grows. Ok but what about the secondary effects? After the tree grows, it feeds a family and the reward would seem to be on a spiritual level much larger than just the tree. what happens after the material effect?

alberto peisach
miami, fl