tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post3948987221711027777..comments2023-10-22T09:19:57.342-04:00Comments on אישים ושיטות: On Theodicy and its counterargumentsWolf2191http://www.blogger.com/profile/13577870680689849400noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-40430215960648836652010-01-15T10:21:35.806-05:002010-01-15T10:21:35.806-05:00see rashi beginning of toldot, this phraseology is...see rashi beginning of toldot, this phraseology is used literally to differentiate between Yitzchack and Rivkah. It's quite a stretch to refer to someone not a tzaddik gammur as having traits of a rasha. More likely, both the hava amina and the maskanah were trying to interpret an ambiguous mesorah that differentiated between two types of tzaddikim without being specific. As for the first question, I actually don't fully comprehend the gemmarah's question. As everyone knows this concept is one of the great mysteries of faith itself and to categorize tzaddik v'ra lo as punishment is a big mistake, therefore what is the question from a passuk that says children can't be punished for their father's misdeeds?maimonnoreply@blogger.com