Implications of the Akeida: Part 3 - Yihud Hashem
In part 3 of this series, we ponder the idea that the same God who is all powerful and involved in the universe is also a God who is ethical, despite the idea that something is not good merely because it is commanded; rather, God abides, as it were, by ethical considerations. The obligation of “yichud Hashem” – “Unifying God”—is developed and expanded beyond what we may previously have thought it to include.
More lessons in this series (10)
- Implications of the Akeida: Part 1 - Ethics and Obedience
- Implications of the Akeida: Part 2- Human Knowledge of the Good
- Implications of the Akeida - Part 4: Prophetic and Religious Challenges of the Akeida
- Implications of the Akeida: Part 5 - Potential, Intent, Action
- Implications of the Akeida Part 6: The Sefat Emet on Yir'a vs. Ahava
- Implications of the Akeida Part 7: Human Sacrifice
- Implications of the Akeida Part 8: Supernatural Transcendence
- Implications of the Akeida Part 9: Moral Ambiguity and Competing Values
- Implications of the Akeida Part 10: Mei HaShiloach and the Obscured Vision
- Implications of the Akeida Part 11: Abarbanel on Yitzhak's Transformation