[Avodah] (1) Re: The Census Numbers In Bmidbar, and (2) Half-Truths

[Joseph Kaplan]

Saying “Hashem is lemaalah min
hazeman” doesn’t really answer any questions or give explanations because we humans don’t understand what lemaalah min hazeman means. While I understand what each word means, I have no idea how such a concept can possibly work. So I interpret Hashem being lemaalah min baseman as simply saying that we don’t understand what God is and therefore don’t understand how omniscience and free will can both be true at the same time except as a matter of blind faith. But I’d rather say the latter than use words that aren’t, at least to me, particularly helpful. 

Joseph
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