Insight 5776-29: LIVING WITH GOD AND NATURE

For Pesach

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Study Question

1) One may be wondering how the commitment to the Divine ethic connects with the recognition of the Supernatural Essence of the Divine. It is the realization that the Divine is beyond the natural and supersedes the natural that actually yields the overriding nature of the Divine ethic over the natural order. In the realm of the natural, one can always use the argument that the end justifies the means because the overriding concern of the natural must be the conclusion. It is the supernatural nature of Torah ethics that declares that, while there are times that the end does justify the means, this is not an absolute principle. Many times within Torah, the ethic of the means is paramount notwithstanding the result. It is the recognition of the supernatural nature of the Divine that gives weight to the argument that the end may not justify the means.