"What compels me to believe in the Divinity of the Torah? When I look
at the illogical history of the Jewish people and the odds we’ve
overcome, including the modern day wars in Israel; when I see that no
other religion claims to have experienced national revelation but us;
when I delve into the Torah and find myself moved by its complexity and
depth like nothing else I’ve ever studied; when I see how observant Jews
who truly embody Torah values are like no other people I’ve ever met,
something tells me that this book we have is like no other.
But since I won’t know if these convictions are true until the day I die, I have a decision to make in the meantime, and the Torah has a pretty strong view about what I should do. At the end of the Torah, in sefer Devarim (the book of Deuteronomy) God tells the Jewish people: “I have placed life and death before you, blessing and curse – choose life, so that you will live.” Although the simple understanding of this verse is that “life” and “blessing” are Torah and mitzvos, while death and curse are a result of straying from them, the only way a person can be guaranteed life and blessing is through emunah."
You gotta have faith!
But since I won’t know if these convictions are true until the day I die, I have a decision to make in the meantime, and the Torah has a pretty strong view about what I should do. At the end of the Torah, in sefer Devarim (the book of Deuteronomy) God tells the Jewish people: “I have placed life and death before you, blessing and curse – choose life, so that you will live.” Although the simple understanding of this verse is that “life” and “blessing” are Torah and mitzvos, while death and curse are a result of straying from them, the only way a person can be guaranteed life and blessing is through emunah."
You gotta have faith!
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