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Chapter 3, Mishna 19(c) : Free Will vs. G-d's Foreknowledge Everything is foreseen, yet free will is given. The world is judged with goodness, and all is according to the majority of deeds. Last week we discussed the concept of man's free will — and the apparent contradiction with the belief that    G-d controls all that occurs in this world. This week I would like to deal with yet another well-known philosophical quandary alluded to in our    mishna : man's free will versus G-d's foreknowledge. Our    mishna    begins by stating "Everything is foreseen" — meaning that    G-d    knows in advance every event which will occur in this world. It then continues, "free will is given" — that man is given free reign to act as he chooses. The question raised by Maimonides and many other thinkers (both Jewish and Gentile) is as follows: If    G-d    knows the future and every act we will do for the rest of our lives, do we truly have free will? Do we truly hav
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Chapter 1, Mishna 15(a): The Song of the Soul Posted on August 18, 2021 By Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld | Series: Pirkei Avos | Level: Beginner Shammai said: Make your Torah study fixed, say little and do much, and receive everyone with a cheerful countenance. This mishna was authored by Shammai, the colleague of Hillel, author of the previous three mishnas (see earlier, Mishna 12). As we will see G-d willing in two weeks, Shammai is presented in the Talmud as a very different personality type from his colleague Hillel (Shabbos 31a), and many disputes arose between the students of these two great sages (see Talmud Sotah 47b). Even so, the Talmud attests that there was nothing but affection and camaraderie between the two camps (Yevamos 14b). In spite of their many differences, both in content and style, both camps realized the other was simply attempting to understand G-d's will to the best of its ability, and both teachers and students had nothing but respect and admiration for one anoth