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Mishlei 16:33 - Does Hashem Determine Who Wins the Lottery?
בַּחֵיק יוּטַל אֶת הַגּוֹרָל, וּמֵיְיָ כׇּל מִשְׁפָּטוֹ:
Length: 1 hour 18 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (5/19/25), in the last Monday Night Mishlei shiur of the 2024-2025 season, we concluded the 16th perek of Mishlei with a whopper of a pasuk! I was glad to see that I wasn't the only one who was bothered by the anomalous and theologically difficult nature of the statement. We came up with more questions than I anticipated, and more ideas as well. After sharing my own approach which I supported with the Rambam and the GRA, we learned Rabbeinu Yonah's context-based approach, then called it a night. This was a great year of Mishlei learning, and I look forward to resuming towards the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year (בג"ה).
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מקורות:
משלי טז:לב
מצודת ציון/דוד
רלב"ג
רבינו יונה
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ב:מח; ג:כח
ר"י אבן כספי
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