[Avodah] Lo Bashamayim Hee

[Richard Wolberg]

The Sages relate that the angels complained to Hashem when He chose to  
share His precious Torah
with His people. They argued, "Your glory (Your Torah) should remain  
among the Heavenly beings. They are
holy and Your Torah is holy, they are pure and Your Torah is pure and  
they are everlasting and Your Torah
is also." One of the answers to that is three words from the Torah:  
"Lo bashamayim hee".

However, Midrash Shochar Tov 8 says that  Hashem responded that the  
Torah could not remain amongst
them because they are perfect spiritual beings with no mortality,  
impurity or illness. Hashem's true glory would
ultimately come from man plagued by impurity and mortality.

ri


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