Summer Beit Midrash - Wait a Minute…God Isn’t Perfect? with Rabbi Michael Safra
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 • 10 Tammuz 5784
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
While the claim that God is not perfect seems contrary to what Jews are “supposed” to believe, notions of an imperfect God are deeply embedded into biblical, rabbinic, and kabbalistic texts. The idea that God is perfect and immutable is founded mostly in the philosophical treatises of the 10th, 11th, and 12th centuries; these texts are important, but they do not represent the totality of normative Jewish theology. Might the conception of an Imperfect God help us to better relate to God and the commandments? If we understood that even God was capable of mistakes, might we become more forgiving of our own misdeeds (and those of the people we love)?
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