tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post23485648673375131..comments2024-03-28T21:21:02.777-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: can you daven for Hashem to interfere with someone's bechira?Chaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-19161056050105259332015-06-18T07:44:38.239-04:002015-06-18T07:44:38.239-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Abbie Jakubovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04811049134423509097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-12042682248175389332015-06-18T07:43:54.646-04:002015-06-18T07:43:54.646-04:00Not mine - one of my rebbeim. I blog @ emunashaish...Not mine - one of my rebbeim. I blog @ emunashaish.blogspot.comAbbie Jakubovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04811049134423509097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-1079376064631507512015-06-17T21:35:32.148-04:002015-06-17T21:35:32.148-04:00is that your blog? nice stuff!is that your blog? nice stuff!Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-35760882290085448742015-06-17T20:39:44.107-04:002015-06-17T20:39:44.107-04:00You can your question a step further - why did Mos...You can your question a step further - why did Moshe pray on Yehoshua's behalf instead of just praying that the Meraglim should abort their plans? Here is an interesting approach: http://www.emlebinah.blogspot.com/2012/06/shelach-5772.htmlAbbie Jakubovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04811049134423509097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-11076058408965863722015-06-16T10:12:58.996-04:002015-06-16T10:12:58.996-04:00You turned my statement into an all-or-nothing. Mo...You turned my statement into an all-or-nothing. Most decisions are more or less easy. (I'm not talking about things well beyond what R' Dessler termed our nequdas habechirah.) Hashem could leave the harder decisions for later, when I've progressed and they pose less of challenge. Or un the reverse, make it so that the last batch of vanilla needed rotation at just the right time for it to catch my eye first.micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-49875781928132458422015-06-16T08:28:03.203-04:002015-06-16T08:28:03.203-04:00That is how the Tiferes Shlomo answers it. But do...That is how the Tiferes Shlomo answers it. But does that make sense? Let's imagine a person has free choice between chocolate and vanilla ice cream. If you take away all the chocolate ice cream in the store, does he still have free choice if all that's left is vanilla?Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-60976027033794747362015-06-16T06:07:44.250-04:002015-06-16T06:07:44.250-04:00Someone trying not to be a thief anymore would hav...Someone trying not to be a thief anymore would have a much harder time if someone accidentally left their gold watch out and it just happened to catch the light just so, sparkling it in his eye.<br /><br />Is it a diminution of free will if G-d tailors which choices are out there for us to make? Could it be that we are asking Him to help by easing off on the temptation until it loses its challenge, and perhaps throwing more opportunities for inspiration our way -- whether or not we choose to take it?micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.com