Universal Hashgachah Peratis (notes)
Back in 2002, Rav Yitzchok Zirkind zt”l (COLlive obituary) brought the last Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Igeres (Igeres haQodesh 1:93) to the attention of the gang at Avodah. I was motivated to summarize it on list,...
Reward and Punishment / Theodicy
by Micha Berger · Published November 3, 2022 – ט׳ במרחשוון תשפ״ג · Last modified December 28, 2022
Back in 2002, Rav Yitzchok Zirkind zt”l (COLlive obituary) brought the last Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Igeres (Igeres haQodesh 1:93) to the attention of the gang at Avodah. I was motivated to summarize it on list,...
2- Shemos / Audio / Reward and Punishment
by Micha Berger · Published January 3, 2019 – כ״ו בטבת תשע״ט · Last modified January 3, 2019
In his commentary on Shemos 6:13, Rav Meir Simchah haKohein notes that if you look closely, not only Par’oh was asked to free Benei Yisrael, but Benei Yisra’el also were. What’s that about —...
Holidays / Reward and Punishment
by Micha Berger · Published August 27, 2018 – ט״ז באלול תשע״ח · Last modified August 27, 2018
I was asked the following question, and the author thought enough people want to know the answer that it pays to share it here: Q: “Siman“, as on Rosh Hashanah night, is translated as...
by Micha Berger · Published May 3, 2016 – כ״ה בניסן תשע״ו · Last modified May 3, 2016
The notion that hashgachah peratis (personalized Divine Providence; HP) includes influence over every event dates back to the 18th century or so. The Lubavitcher Rebbe calls it a chidush (novellum) of the Baal Shem Tov (the...
by Micha Berger · Published April 10, 2013 – ל׳ בניסן תשע״ג · Last modified April 10, 2013
Nowadays, it’s the norm to believe that all events in the universe, even which way a leaf falls in the middle of the forest, is subject to specific Divine Providence (hashgachah peratis — HP...
by Micha Berger · Published October 11, 2005 – ח׳ בתשרי תשס״ו · Last modified October 11, 2005
In the past couple of weeks, I posted a number of essays showing that reward and punishment are the effects of the person’s action. First, that in order for history to progress toward the...
by Micha Berger · Published October 5, 2005 – ב׳ בתשרי תשס״ו · Last modified October 5, 2005
In the past couple of weeks, I posted a number of essays about the causal nature of reward and punishment. In short, that sin causes a change in the self, which in turn causes...
by Micha Berger · Published September 22, 2005 – י״ח באלול תשס״ה · Last modified September 22, 2005
(This is the second in what I hope will be a series of posts be”H about whether reward and punishment are caused by the actions they address, or meted out by Hashem more directly....
by Micha Berger · Published September 20, 2005 – ט״ז באלול תשס״ה · Last modified September 20, 2005
I wanted to share the following thought sent in today’s email from Rabbi Zvi Miller of The Salant Foundation. The Salant Foundation emails a mussar thought and a suggestion for implementing it daily (when...
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