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Get StartedEpilogue I: God’s Will vs. Our Own (Part 5 of 7)
Child Sacrifice in the Torah?!
In this first of three epilogues, Rabbi Fohrman continues exploring the difference between love of God and fear of God, by tackling a confusing Mishnah from Pirkei Avot, said in the name of Rabban Gamaliel:
‘He used to say: Do His will as though it was yours, so that He will do your will as though it was His. Nullify your will for His, so that He may nullify the will of others for yours.’
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