Divine Double Talk: The Ten Commandments Are Only for Moses?
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Thank you for sharing. As I continue to learn, this has given me something else to consider and meditate on as I strive to walk the path HaShem has placed me on. I now have a better understanding of what Love your neighbor is telling me. Reply
I am puzzled by a single question that is broached in Rabbi New's shiur; G-d's desire for the Jewish people arose in His thought and this Desire was the impetus for all Creation (even before Creation.)
Why would G-d desire anything? To 'desire' something means something is lacking and needs fulfillment and this seems a contradiction to the average (non-Kabbalistic) person's definition of G-d. While perhaps not a crucial point for all, it seems a crucial point underlying everything that follows!
Someone please explain, thank you.
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So profound, but yet easily understood. Rabbi you brought this information down to Malchut, it remained germane, to connect to the soul, but mundane to connect with the physical. Reply
Thanks Edwin for sharing.
Rochel, the point you make is of great significance. Thank you. The answer, in brief, is that G-d chose to have a desire. It is the ultimate free choice. Free of all values and considerations - for He created reason and values and is utterly beyond, them. In other words there is no reason or justification whatsoever for this desire. It is simply His free choice. Like G-d exists for no reason, so too His decision to have a desire is beyond all reason.