Friday, August 22, 2014

Re'eh - Climbing God's Mountain

Why does the Torah command the people of Israel to place the blessings and curses on mountains? What is the concept of a mountain? What is the connection between ratzon-will and shemo-God's name? How does  a false prophet have the ability to perform a true miracle? How does one use that power in its proper way - in one's service of Hashem?

Find out in this week's parsha podcast.

Running time: 21:26

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

great mystery a false prophet there are 4 billion diciples of jc and mohamed , and they have cochot for healing powers . Rav ari why did he give false prophets ability to do miracles and heal ?

Ari Goldwag said...

That's what the verse says - to test us to see if we truly love Hashem and are we committed to a true relationship with Him.