[Avodah] Rambam's naturalism

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

: It is worth noting that Rabbi Henkin, in Equality Lost, for a reason
: having nothing to do with Rambam, also suggests that the Second Temple
: fell, not due to G-d's punishing us actively (sinat hinam, he says, it
: not a severe enough averah to merit this), but only due to His
: passively not protecting us, withdrawing His active protection;

FWIW I posited this causal connection between moznai zedeq and pashas
zachor

Viz. that unethical Jewish businessmen withdraws Hashem's vigilant
protection from anti-Semites

And fWIW I think Jerry Fallwell (or Pat Robertson) said that America's
Divine protection was withdrawn as a result of immorality thereby enabling
the 9/11 hurban

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RRW 
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