[Avodah] A shemitta miracle story

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, December 13, 2007 10:04 pm, R Zev Sero wrote:
:> Anyone who explains an event as reward for a particular mitzvah is
:> assuming the burden of explaining tragedy in terms of sin,
:> explaining why one person gets reward and another not, etc....
:
: Tzadik vera lo and rasha vetov lo are questions that are asked and
: dealt with, but I've never heard of anyone asking about tzadik vetov
: lo or rasha vera lo...

TO rephrase, when you address tzadiq vetov lo, you would have to do so
in a way that doesn't shut the door on explaining tzadiq vera lo.

I think that if you are forced to turn tzadiq vera lo into a Divine
Mystery, which is what Iyov's conclusion boils down to, then all of HP
is Divine Mystery. The times when it seems just simply means it
doesn't bother us. But if Divine Justice can be overridden by other
factors, tzadiq vetov lo must perforce involve the question of the
absence of those factors.

: When the Torah says that a particular mitzvah earns a particular
: reward, and someone does that mizvah and lo and behold gets that
: reward, are we supposed to think that's a coincidence? ...

We are supposed to get on with our chiyuvim, and not play G-d's
Accountant.

SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

-- 
Micha Berger             One who kills his inclination is as though he
micha at aishdas.org        brought an offering. But to bring an offering,
http://www.aishdas.org   you must know where to slaughter and what
Fax: (270) 514-1507      parts to offer.        - R' Simcha Zissel Ziv