Vayikra Rabbah (26:07) G-d showed Moses every generation and its judges, every generation and its kings, every generation and its sages, every generation and its leaders, every generation and its lieutenants, every generation and its officers, every generation and its communal leaders, every generation and its extortionists, every generation and its robbers, every generation and its prophets.
This is the ongoing philosophical paradox of Judaism
ReplyDeleteGod is outside time, sees all of it all at once so He knows what happened, is happening and will happen. And by showing Moshe Rabeinu, a"h, He seems to hint at predestination.
On the other hand, Moshe Rabeinu, a"h, didn't get the tell anyone what he saw.
So presumably he knew about korach, zimri, the rebellion at mei meriva, amalek, and various other events in the midbar, but failed to prepare or foresee them...
ReplyDeleteAs others pointed out years ago, why did Yaakov Avinu mourn over Yosef HaTzadik? He should've just opened his chumash to Vayeshev and read about what the brothers did.
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