On Wednesday, February 24th, Kitah Daled
wrestled with the question, “Does God know what I am thinking or what I will
do?” Three rabbis presented their ideas
about this question. One rabbi told a
midrash about what Moses heard at the burning bush. According to the midrash, the voice that
Moses heard emanating from the bush was his own. God speaks to us in our own voice. Another rabbi told the story of Adam and Eve
in the Garden of Eden. This rabbi suggested that when people ate from the tree
of knowledge, they learned that they have free will. They can choose to listen to God or not. And while God knows where we are and what we
are doing, God gave us the gift to think for ourselves. A third rabbi suggested that often when one
is making a decision, there are good and bad forces at play in our minds and
hearts. As my grandmother of blessed
memory would say, “God is good and the good in us is God.”
For the next few weeks we will focus on the holiday of Purim
and on Megillat Esther. It is indeed ironic that God is not mentioned
in the Megillah.
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