Can Finite Minds Discover the Limits of the Almighty

Da'at Tevunot 32:1

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

, "Will you succeed in examining haShem, will you discover the limits of Shad-dai?". And we will find, that everything that the creations can grasp, will not be even a droplet from the great sea of the Creator's completeness and his name be blessed.

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