tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045462.post111855072499335538..comments2023-09-05T18:37:20.023+03:00Comments on Nafka Mina: Hester Panim - The Hidden GodSharvulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04287632945558341969noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045462.post-79943047405628784572011-07-19T12:43:00.497+03:002011-07-19T12:43:00.497+03:00Thanks, I was struggling with that...Thanks, I was struggling with that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045462.post-15488594218136022882011-07-12T13:17:48.739+03:002011-07-12T13:17:48.739+03:00Judaism ridiculed the gods--idols--of other nation...Judaism ridiculed the gods--idols--of other nations, as "they have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see; they have ears, but do not hear" (Psalm 135:15-18).<br /><br />Our God has no mouth, or eyes, or ears, but, just like the gods of other nations, is incapable of action.<br /><br />Of course there is hester panim. Everyone knows that nonexistence puts a real damper on one's ability to act.<br /><br />This problem afflicts Hashem too, just as it afflicted those idol-gods. Their followers could--just as easily as we Jews do--have insisted they existed, but were merely exercising hester panim.<br /><br />People who live in a glass houses shouldn't throw stones.Mendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045462.post-80739145937361527962007-03-18T16:27:00.000+02:002007-03-18T16:27:00.000+02:00I've searched a lot, but haven't found a better te...I've searched a lot, but haven't found a better text on "hester panim"! Thanks a lot for this wonderful work! (And especially for your meticulously worked out notes!)<BR/><BR/>Dr. Alexander Deeg, <BR/>Erlangen University, GermanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045462.post-1133116156821835672005-11-27T20:29:00.001+02:002005-11-27T20:29:00.001+02:00Nicely written. Thank you.Nicely written. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045462.post-1133116148464363052005-11-27T20:29:00.000+02:002005-11-27T20:29:00.000+02:00Nicely written. Thank you.Nicely written. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com