TheYeshiva.net - Torah Or Ki Sisa - Where Thought Becomes the Greatest Obstacle for Truth

again a story that reflects the idea that a person's growth is is is affected by what's happening on high which leads to a very very interesting point which is at the heart of the M we're going to learn tonight and to some at least on the surface this would be appear to be uh controversial and that is that although the says and we all know the everything is in the hands of Heaven except the fear of Heaven in other words God does not interfere with Free Will It also says means that even the which means even our is judged from on high and throughout our lives and in various different occasions our success at the endeav ever is we undertake in matters of the spirit in other words how much we're going to accomplish by investing the effort and the work that we do has a lot to do with determines the degree of our success this doesn't mean it takes away our free will it does however mean that the Free Will is complicated it's not as simple as you know whatever I do will translate into a particular effect sometimes you'll work very hard and have a smaller return some you won't work nearly as hard you'll have a greater return not because here you're working hard and here you're working less hard but because from on high there is a determination of even matters of the spirit and that's what these stories indicate these stories reflect the idea that although we're exercising Free Will in our there is a notion of helps us and on the other hand um um speak there there are Notions where although man is free to choose his path there are ideas where Hashem helps and there are ideas where hasm isn't helping as much in the T you have of course a which appears on a number of occasions idea that certain times are auspicious they're special and you can accomplish more with the same effort because of the time this is not meant to undermine free will but it does complicate it