Devar/5769/Bereshit
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If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it (Gen 4:7)
God encourages and warns Cain, after his offering was rejected. He explains to him that if he does good, his deeds will be received by Him may He be blessed -- but if he doesn't do good, the temptation to do even worse will be strong. Nevertheless, says God, he can control himself and not succumb to his evil inclination.
He who created the stars and the entire universe, informs him that there is no force in the world which has the power to force his deeds to good or evil, except he himself. That is to say, he has free will -- even though it would appear that God governs everything. Because for some reason, God chose not to govern our deeds rather He gave us commandments. And this is the great issue which distinguishes between human beings and the rest of the creatures.
Anyone who imagines that "the stars" govern his future -- not only does he deny God's words -- but he diminishes himself from the level of "human being" to the level of grass-eating beasts, because of his feeble intellect.
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