[Avodah] God of Love, vs. Just God

[David Riceman]

On 2/3/2011 7:08 PM, Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:
> I disagree; the classification of something as mercy or justice is
> objective.
See MN 1:2.  This is a recurring theme in Sefer Meor Einayim, see, for 
example, Breishis s.v. "al kein ne'emar" and the following paragraph as 
well, Parshas Lech L'cha s.v.  "v'hinei k'mo shehu b'tovas haborei" and 
the following paragraph (especially "ki be'emes hakol hu tovah, afilu 
hara hahu"), Sefer Yismah Lev at the beginning of Masseches Pesahim.

<<It is not, usually, so - it might be
> more accurately described as something that happened that is really _bad_
> but that had a good result coming as a result of it, anyway.
>
See Derech HaShem 2:8:1 "hamishpat v'hadin atzmo mim'kor ha'ahavah hu 
novea".

David Riceman
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