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Abraham Challenges God!
My previous post discussed the Book of Job, and how it encourages us to challenge injustice, even when it appears to come from the Almighty himself. Genesis, chapter 18, sounds a similar theme, except that God actually invites Abraham to object to His decision to obliterate Sodom and Gomorrah so that the Almighty can reassure
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God Wants To Be Challenged!
Judaism does not demand blind obedience to God’s commands. Quite the opposite: the Tanakh is filled with numerous examples of biblical figures who challenge the perceived injustice of God’s moral order, including Abraham, Moses, Job, Jonah, and Kohelet (Ecclesiastes). Job’s challenge is perhaps the most dramatic and poetic example, and the short video below illustrates
