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LEVITICUS | 26:3 If — LEV1107 The practical approach of Judaism to life...

LEV1107 The practical approach of Judaism to life is made further manifest by its conception of God and the teaching of the equality of all mankind. By attributing Omnipresence to Him, we declare that He is linked with the Eternity. "There is no place or time that is without Him" is a fundamental tenet of Judaism. His omnipresence is another reminder that His purpose and intervention in the lives of many cannot be frustrated. It is also an assurance of a divine, overruling power, a power which rewards and punishes according to our actions. (We cite some Biblical references to Reward and Punishment, a teaching contingent on the doctrine of man's Freewill. Exodus xx. 5-6; xxxiv. 6-7; Leviticus xxvi. 3-9; 14-16; Deut. vii. 9; xi. 13-17; 28-28; xxviii. I; Is. iii. 10-11; xxvi. 21; Jer. xxxi. 29-30; Ezek. xviii. 1-32; Ps. xxxi. 24; lxii. 12; cxlv. 20; Prov. v. 22; x. 29; xi. 31; xiii. 21; xvi. 4; xxi. 7; xxii. 8; Ecc. vii.15; xii. 13-14. Cf. Kidd. 39a "There is no reward in this world." Abot i. 3; iv. 2.) This consciousness will endow life with purpose and content instead of reducing it to a series of blind chance happenings. Remove this Omnipresence and you destroy with it a guarantee of our faith that no machination, whether t be in thought, word or deed can circumvent the ultimate realization of His purpose.

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