All is foreseen, but freedom of choise is given

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All is foreseen, but freedom of choise is given

All is foreseen, but freedom of choise is given

Everything that happens in the world is predestined by God, and yet there is nothing in it that can prevent man from having the possibility of choosing between good and evil. The choice is always given to man to choose, so that he may not know what he will choose.

("Everything is expected and the right is given, and the best of the world is judged and everything is according to the multitude of deeds" - Avot 3:11, and so: "Everything is expected...and do not think that in its being the knower of deeds will rise, the forced will be obliged...but every man chooses what he will do, and that is what they said: And the right is given" - Harambam/ Exegesis of the Avot, Ch. Shlishi, Tu, 363, and so: "Just as we see how profound wisdoms are, which the human mind cannot comprehend beyond its depths, so much so that we are embarrassed by them, just as the knowledge (of God) and the choice (of man) are, which no human mind can comprehend this knowledge" - R. Nachman of Breslau / Likutei Moharan, Torah 21:4)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הַכֹּל צָפוּי וְהָרָשׁוּת נְתוּנָה

Definition (Hebrew)

כָּל מָה שֶׁיִּתְרַחֵשׁ בָּעוֹלָם נִצְפָּה מֵרֹאשׁ ע"י הָאֵל, וְאוּלָם אֵין בְּכָךְ כְּדֵי לִמְנֹעַ מֵהָאָדָם אֶת הָאֶפְשָׁרוּיוֹת לִבְחֹר בֵּין טוֹב לְרַע. הַבְּחִירָה חָפְשִׁית נְתוּנָה תָּמִיד בִּידֵי הָאָדָם לַמְרוֹת שֶׁאַל יוֹדֵעַ מָה הָאָדָם יִבְחַר.

("הַכֹּל צָפוּי וְהָרְשׁוּת נְתוּנָה וּבְטוֹב הָעוֹלָם נִדּוֹן וְהַכֹּל לְפִי רֹב הַמַּעֲשֶׂה"- אָבוֹת ג טוּ, וְכֵן:"הַכֹּל צָפוּי...וְלֹא תַּחֲשֹׁב שֶׁבֶּהֱיוֹתוֹ יִתְעַלֶּה יוֹדֵעַ הַפְּעֻלּוֹת, יִתְחַיֵּב הַהֶכְרֵחַ...אֶלָּא כָּל אָדָם בּוֹחֵר בְּמָה שֶׁיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ, וְהוּא שֶׁאָמְרוּ:וְהָרְשׁוּת נְתוּנָה"-הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ פֵּרוּשׁ לְפִרְקֵי אָבוֹת, פֶּרֶק שְׁלִישִׁי, טוּ, 363, וְכֵן:"כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָנוּ רוֹאִים כַּמָּה חָכְמוֹת עֲמֻקּוֹת, שֶׁאֵין יְכֹלֶת בַּמֹּחַ הָאֱנוֹשִׁי לְהָבִין עַל בּוּרָיו, כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה מְבוּכוֹת שֶׁאָנוּ נְבוֹכִים בָּהֶם, כְּמוֹ הַיְּדִיעָה (שֶׁל ה') וְהַבְּחִירָה (שֶׁל הָאָדָם), שֶׁאֵין מֹחַ שֶׁל אֱנוֹשִׁי יָכוֹל לְהָבִין אֶת הַיְּדִיעָה הַזֹּאת"- ר' נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלָב / לִקּוּטֵי מוהר"ן, תּוֹרָה כ"א, ד')

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