We learned that God intended the Akedat Yizchack to be a test of what kind of morality Avraham had. It could have been that Avraham had a morality because he simply thought that certain things were right to do and certain things were not and that is why he was moral. Another approach, the one God wanted Avraham to have was that Avrahav followed Gods moral code because that was what God commanded and God has the ultimate say.
With this test God tested Avraham as a whole, what the source of his actions were. Since Avraham was willing to kill his own son, which definately goes against everything he has worked up to and goes against everything he seemed to believe in and teach, we can clearly see that Avraham did all of this for God and because God commanded it.
Now I was sitting there and pondering, how this relates to us. Is it trying to teach us that our source of morality has to come from and because of God? Is this saying that we are not able to think for ourselves if something is moral or not? I feel like this goes against our right to speak our mind and think. Why would we have a brain, to reason our way through what we think is right, if we are not able to use that method?
Life is full of questions, maybe you can help me solve some of them...
Sharon-
ReplyDeleteThese are all very interesting questions. It is really something that we all struggle with daily. It is hard to imagine G-d as ruling over us put perhaps instead of looking at it as a burden, we can look at it as a a positive thing. I think that we still do have freedom of speech and thought, however we do have boundaries, and that is recognizing G-d's part in everything. Judiasm puts a lot of emphasis on boundaries and I think it is very helpful and positive because it allows us to live regularly while still having G-d on our minds. Hope this helps.