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<p class=MsoPlainText>>> The Malochim protested that the Jews should not
be given the Torah.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> ===================================<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> And this you understood? Do malachim have free will
to protest hkb"h's <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> actions?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> KT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> Joel Rich<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Why would you think otherwise? Besides for all the places
where it says that they did actually disobey or could (fruit trees, by kol
nidrei, etc.), what is the sevara not that way? AFAIK, only that the malachs
knowledge is on a much clearer level, but this doesn't preclude them from
choosing to disobey.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>KT,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>MSS <o:p></o:p></p>
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