[Avodah] No Supernatural of Incomprehensible Secrets

[Prof. Levine]

The following is from RSRH's commentary on Devarim 30

11 For this commandment that I command you today is not beyond your 
understanding, nor is it far away.

In the preceding verses it says that the fulfillment of God's
Torah transmitted to us through Moshe is the sole basis of our destiny
in all times and the foundation of our hopes for the future. In addition,
confidence is expressed that, in spite of all the vicissitudes of our fate,
the Torah will never be lost to us, nor will we ever be lost to it; rather,
ultimately we will return to it with all our hearts and with all our souls.
As grounds for this confidence, Scripture [v v. 11-14] points out that the
Torah's contents are close to man's nature and accessible to his intellect.

Lo nephlas he mimcha: [The Torah] does not deal with secrets that are
supernatural and incomprehensible to the human mind.

v'lo r'chokah he : Understanding and fulfilling [the Torah] do not depend
on remote conditions which are not accessible everywhere to those
who are obligated by it.
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