[Avodah] hashgacha pratis for NJ [Stam yeinam of Giyur Candidates]

[Zev Sero]

T613K at aol.com wrote:

> You are assuming something that is actually a non-resolved issue, much 
> discussed in these pages:  that Hashgacha Pratis applies to goyim.   You 
> are also assuming that the bas kol that calls out "Bas Ploni l'Ploni" 
> designates particular zivugim for goyim as well as for Jews. I am among 
> those who believe that indeed Hashgacha Pratis does apply to the nations 
> of the world (the literal definition of "goyim") as well as to the 
> Jewish people, and I also happen to believe that each person in the 
> world really does have a designated "other half."  But my impression 
> is that the belief system to which /you/ seem to subscribe in other 
> contexts -- Chabad -- does not share my view of how Hashgacha Pratis 
> operates.

On the contrary.   The Baal Shem Tov's view, which is now the mainstream
one, is that hashgacha pratit applies to everything that happens, down
to the falling of a leaf from a tree.

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