tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post6285301630201830437..comments2024-03-25T09:43:27.402-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: a "left handed" redemptionChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-9031430620084671112021-12-22T10:17:39.098-05:002021-12-22T10:17:39.098-05:00Of course G-d can do what he wants. From Yaakov&#...Of course G-d can do what he wants. From Yaakov's desire to reveal the keitz to Daniel's visions of the same to all the various calculations done by Rishonim and Achronim as to when mashiach will come, the point is for us to understand what G-d's plan is so that we can better fulfill our tzipisa l'yeshu'a and do our part. For example, if you believe that the creation of the State of Israel is a gift from G-d acting through teva, you will feel a greater sense of obligation toward supporting and building the State than if you just see it as a secular country no different than any other place we have found ourselves during our exile. Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-83270466836177227792021-12-21T09:57:26.391-05:002021-12-21T09:57:26.391-05:00My father, a"h, never had time for folks who ...My father, a"h, never had time for folks who said "this is how the redemption must occur!". Or the time the local Lubavitcher quoted me a Rambam and said "It's a halakhah that the redemption will happen like this". We're bound by Halakhah. God has supreme free well and who are we to tell Him how to do things?DrMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575289499774072867noreply@blogger.com