29 days ago
2.44: D_H biyun 2-2-1_2
Rabbi Shulman outlines the Ramchal’s framework for understanding השגחה: since humanity’s purpose is to earn דבקות בה׳ in עולם הבא, the entire arrangement of עולם הזה is designed as preparation for that ultimate end. Rabbi Shulman explains that this preparation operates on two parallel “axes”—an individual axis (האישי) and a general, species-wide axis (הכללי)—and focuses here on the general axis: a דין-and-accounting system that ensures every deed is repaid, with “majority” defining one’s eternal destiny and “minority” being settled in this world through success or suffering.