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questions as far as did Hashem or does
Hashem know the future? Yes, Hashem
knows the future, but he does not
interfere with your decisions.
Just because he knows the future does
not mean that he will manipulate your
choices. So, for example, as I've given
this example many times over the years,
let's say I tell you that I know the
future and I'm going to prove it to you
by writing down on a little piece of
paper what you're going to do this whole
week. And then we take, you don't see
the paper. No one else sees the paper,
but we take it, we put it in an
envelope, and then we put it in a safe.
And only you have a key to that safe.
So, you know there's no manipulation,
there's no cheating, there's no nothing.
And you go about your life. You live
your week. You go to work, you go on
vacation, you do whatever it is that you
do. At the end of the week, you come,
you bring some cameras, you bring the
media to make sure that everybody sees.
It's either you're going to be exposing
the rabbi or you're going to be
promoting the rabbi. You're going to see
what what happened here. So, they open
up the safe and they take out the note
and you start reading and then you start
realizing that everything that I wrote
is exactly what you did the whole week
to the detail, to the smallest detail,
minute by minute. Now, the fact that I
knew the future, did that interfere with
your choice? No. In essence, it's the
same concept as Hashem knowing the the
future. So, Hashem gives everybody
choices to make. You have the choice to
make in regards to doing what Hashem
says or going against what Hashem says.
Everything is from heaven except the
fear of heaven. Meaning, Hashem does not
force you to serve him. You could decide
to go against him. You'll get punished
for it, but you can decide to do bad
because if he controlled your choices,
then there's no reason to punish you and
there's no reason to reward you. You're
simply a robot. So gives everybody the
ability to choose whatever they want.
Now, as far as free choice,
everyone does have free choice, but it's
not really free. It's like a
