[Avodah] Machnisei Rachamim

[Ken Bloom]

On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 11:15 -0400, Micha Berger wrote:
> As for whether meisim have bechirah... The Rogotchover places them
> lemaalah min hazeman. What that does to aggaditos about how long a
> non-rasha is in gehenom is beyond me. I also don't know how to explain
> the concept of decision without time.

Regardless of the mechanics of such a thing, there is a very simple
rayah that one who is lemaalah min hazeman *can* have free will and make
decisions. Hashem is lemaalah min hazeman, and he can make decisions and
have free will.

--Ken