[Avodah] Apikores?

[Sholom Simon]

At 01:29 PM 11/26/2007, avodah-request at lists.aishdas.org wrote:
> > the Baal Shem Tov
> > no leaf falls or any action occurs without G-d decreeing it.
> > Seems somewhat silly for G-d to decree what we know will happen anyway.

I think his view was more along the lines of: "even the falling of a 
single leaf is an essential part of The Plan."

Further, we _don't_ know exactly when it will happen, nor do we know 
exactly where it will fall, or the consequences of that fall.  For 
those who believe, a la Chaos Theory, that the butterfly's flapping 
wing here can lead to a hurricane there -- certainly we have no idea 
of the impact of a solitary falling leaf.

(I'm not necessarily endorsing the Besht's view, just explaining it 
(as I understand it))

-- Sholom