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Bringing Heaven Down to Earth

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

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G-d is not Nature.

But Nature is G-dly.

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	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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Posted: June 5, 2007

Ms. Freedman

I believe that what the Rebbe is sating is that Though G-d is the Creator of nature, and all of nature has His fingerprint on it, we must not think of nature as G-d. By thinking in this fashion we run the danger of worshipping nature which is forbidden in Torah.

Posted By OvadyaDutton, Rio Rancho, NM USA

Posted: June 5, 2007

NATURE

I believe this is in reference to books such as the Rabbi Gikatilla's The Gates of Light, The Alter Rebbe's Tanya, and others, in which G-d is "presented" as being "beyond", "Eyn Sof", yet an/the essential part of All (Kol) things. The quote might read "G-d is BEYOND nature, but nature is G-dly." This being that the concept "G-d" is often referred to, and thought of, as a noun, while "G-dly" is often used as a "dispcriptive" verb.

The reader may want to review Chapters 4, 5, 6 of The Alter Rebbe's Tanya.

Posted By Eric Sander Kingston, North Hollywoode, CA

Posted: June 3, 2007

to Ms. Freedman, USA

You write that G_d is nature. This is known as pantheism. For a discussion on this topic, please see our article (and the helpful reader comments): "What is the difference between chassidic thought and pantheism" (www.chabad.org/512437).

Posted By Tzvi Freeman (Author)

Posted: June 2, 2007

Yes, I must disagree; G-d is all nature and all nature is G-d.

Posted By Ms. Freedman, USA

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