[Avodah] Can we force Hashem to do something?

[Cantor Wolberg]

Asking the question: Can we force Hashem to do something? is like  
asking can HaShem make a rock so heavy that He cannot lift it?
It's a supra rational and illogical question.

R' Micha wrote:
The notion that mal'akhim have no bechirah is implied by R' Yaaqov  
Qatina
who notes they are called omedim / nitzavim.

I thought that was a very common concept. I've learned it many times.  
And... as malachim have no bechirah, so, too,
it is brought down that animals have no bechirah (which some vets  
would take issue with), and that is why the synthesis
of the angel and animal is the only combination that gives bechirah.
Interestingly, ANgel and ANimal both begin with AN. It's what you do  
afterwards, that's crucial.

Kol tuv.
ri
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