[Avodah] Free Will vs. Physics

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:20:10 EDT
T613K at aol.com wrote:

...

> I believe that most of the decisions we make are  actually forced decisions 
> and not the product of free will.  Hakol b'yedei  Shomayim chutz miyiras 
> Shomayim.  

Rambam (Shemonah Perakim 8) explains that statemont to mean that *all*
human actions are within the scope of man's will, and what Hazal meant
by hakol bidei shamayim are those things that are not within man's
control, such as his physical stature and the climate.

> --Toby  Katz

Yitzhak
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