Part 1;
I would like to go a step further
Today, when we look at the world
We meet with absolute determinism
A person can not ‘converse’
With the laws of nature
Anyone standing on a high roof
And jump to the ground
Can ask from the ‘law of gravity’
As much as he wishes
But it will not stop the fall
Therefore, we often fall in the dark
That the act of ‘Creation’ is also
From the ‘Law of Supreme Nature.’
But it is not!
The act of creation is NOT
A mechanical, blind process
Un-Personally one
But a result of a
Voluntary decision of the Creator
The act of creation is entirely a WILL
Not some thought, ‘Logos’
As can be seen from the
Philosophical definitions of the Middle Ages
And then the will of the Creator
Is a MORAL will
To 'Create' is;
‘To GIVE EXISTENCE to ANOTHER’!
In the act of creation
Described in the verses, we first read
The Creator decides for his reasons
To invent his other
It is an act of Absolute Kindness!
This is the definition of the moral action
Throughout the Bible.
When a Hebrew person reads
The first verses in the Bible
It establishes an
Understanding of moral obligation.
Just as the Creator wanted to create the world
To give existence to another,
I, as a created person, being commanded
[In the Torah] to RESEMBLE the Creator in my actions
Compare my way of life
To the highest form of God
This is not a theoretical discussion
But in clear activities
As is stated in the Talmud [Sotah Yad]
R. Chama said to Rabbi Chanina: ...
Follow the dimensions
Of the Creator of the universe
What he does, wear naked?
As it says
"And God made for Adam and his wife
shirts of skin, and He dressed them." [Genesis 3.21]
I have to say in brackets
That the grace here is double
Since man and Eva passed God command
Even though, God gives them protection
And gives them clothes
Before they leave Heaven!
Let's continue:
What he visited patients
As it is said: "Now the God appeared to
Him [Abraham] in the plains of Mamre."
You too, visit sick
What he comforted mourners
"And it came to pass
“...After the death of Abraham,
and God blessed Isaac, his son."
You, also, need to comfort others.
It is interesting,
Philosopher has always
Been looking for morality foundation.
But this question remains unanswered
Why does the moral imperative oblige me?
Why do I feel Committed?
Even if I think specific values are right?
The answers are usually
Utility, logic, duty
There is a whole course in which
I elaborate on this topic
At the end
Any morality that comes from man
May turn out to be immoral
Cruelty and wickedness for its sake
The moral of the Torah
Came from an external source
There is no source of this morality
In human intelligence
But, the divine will of God,
The Creator of the universe
Who decided without any necessity
To create the other and give him existence
This act
Give other life
Is an absolute moral action
On which all morality was founded
According to the sages of Israel
This morality must be expressed
In my relationship with another,
Whether it is the other, that is inside me
[between myself and myself]
Whether it is another external to me,
The friend [between man and his friend]
Whether it is the other,
God, the Creator himself
[between man and his Creator].
This relationship must be mutual
Just as I must treat the other morally
So should he behave
Towards me - ethically.
And this is the depth meaning
Of the word "Created."
Which we encounter
In the second word of the Torah.
Part 2;
Finally, we will emphasize
The Hebrew secret
Today, many people accept
This truth called: 'Creation,
Some identify with this concept
Even though they are pure scientists
But this fact will NOT confuse us
People with a logical scientific orientation
Who speaks of creation
as something logical,
This is not understanding
that stems from their logic
As we have seen above
With the philosophers' approach
But, It comes From their
Profound Inner acquaintance
With these truths through the Torah,
Through the prophets of Israel,
Getting to know the truth
Beyond reality
Which introduced into human consciousness
Through the world of prophecy.
Subtotal:
As opposed to the philosopher who asks
[1] How could that be? As from
One [God] came this multiplicity world?
[2] And out of nothing,
A world emerged as we see it today
Sages of Israel who
Continue the prophetic tradition
Does not deal with these problems
Since the Exodus from Egypt
The Creator is the one
Who redeemed the people of Israel
From slavery to freedom
And this is a fact accomplished
Since the giving of the Torah
In which the Creator
Revealed and proclaimed
"I am the One who brought you
Out of the land of Egypt."
But, they [The Hebrew Sages]
Are raising another question
What is the moral meaning
Of the act of creation?
And the answer of our prophecy:
‘God Gave space to another’
And here you must ask yourself
This day in the world of the Creator?
Where do you partner this giving?
Part 3
I want to draw our attention
For another significant matter
Which accompanies directly the
Question of the creator and the creation.
We have already mentioned
The method of the philosopher Kant
Which he explained clearly
That this question of creation
Cannot be solved logically
It's one of the antinomies of reason
Like the question of
The Theseus ship
Thus, One who is convinced
By "rational." Necessity
Of existence, of the
Creator and our creation,
Is the only person who believed
In this in the first place.
You can not convince a person
Unless he is already convinced!
By the way,
The Jewish sages believed that
It is possible to teach ONLY
What is already known to the learner
And nothing new
Especially in this question since
For each thesis for one side,
There is contradicted by an antithesis.
Therefore, Before all logic,
There is always doubt
And both are equally strong
The number and importance
Of the logical difficulties
From which the world was created
We have the same for those
Who prove that the world was not created
And here we come to
One of the most important rules
Understanding the world of the Torah
According to the ancient Hebrew people
And this is the idea of free choice!
Man is the only creature
In all of our reality
Which faces the "problem" of
Free choice between good and evil
When a person expresses his opinion
about creation
He defines "who he is"
Those who prefer to stay with
The idea that the world was created
Take upon himself the
Moral implications that this choicely requires
And One who prefers to say
That there is no Creator
Also chooses the consequences
Of his opposite concept
At the bottom of this matter
The question of choice
And the moral implications of this decision
Accompanies understanding of basic processes
Which occur within every one of us
Our logic can strengthen equally
Each of the two possibilities
In the question of creation
The intellect who is convinced
In one reality or another
Is a mind that has already chosen!
And therefore his sensitivity
To one reality
And intolerance
Acknowledgment or awareness
To the other fact,
He didn't choose.
There is a total choice here
As to how one chooses to think!
At the moment when one
Perceives his dilemma of identity
Who am I?
A created human,and there is a
Creator for me and our world
Therefore I must behave morally
Or, I'm just a
Well-developed animal.
At that moment he is
Condemned to be free
And this moment is
Astonishing in his innovation
As we have already mentioned
The person himself, and nothing else,
Responsible for his own real choice
Deepest and most
Meaningful of his life
There is no argument
This is an intellectual or experiential argument
To convince someone
To choose this perception
As opposed to the opposite view
What is the world - nature or creation?
Any argument can make a case
Against the other with no less convincing
And if the Torah would not tell us
That the world was created
Man could not decide
What the truth was
Only the prophetic awareness,
Prophetic messages recognition
Each man Identifies
Within himself of this fact
If man lives in the consciousness
That the world creates
He sees his surroundings with this eyes;
"Infused with the Presence of the Creator"
If this knowledge does not exist
He sees everything as nature
And himself as a developed animal
That has lack of 'freedom of choice.'
