Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on Free Will

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, one of the world's greatest Jewish scholars and contemporary thinkers, offers insights on Free Will in Judaism. Watch the whole collection of these inspiring videos on www.jinsider.com.

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[TheHelloNY]

@bayreuth79 Having the power to do something, doesn't oblige you to it. As R. Sacks says in :39, it is a gift of freedom. You can't give a gift you don't first own. He has the power, and that never goes away, He just holds back His Hand most times, and relinquishes the power of choice to us.

[Willamerri]

@bayreuth79 It's like choosing to face reality or live a lie; you're still in reality either way, but your mind has the power to ignore it.

[bayreuth79]

The question for me is this: if we have free will how can G-d be omnipotent? Free will suggests that I can be free of, independent of, G-d in terms of my actions; but if G-d is omnipotent then I cannot be independent of G-d. How can I do any action in my own power independent of G-d if he has all (omni) power (potent)?