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" > CYA, you are making less sense than usual. We expect more from you, the nice brother. You are advancing a dangerous idea here. Though God's help is certainly needed, so is our own hishtadlut. God's "promise" will not help us if we do not do our part, too.
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Answered by Chaim Yisrael AbadiWhat are you guys crazy or something?! Hishtadlut includes shaking a woman's hand?! Who has been stealing everyone's brains? AA Man, AA, we can always count on you to miss the point. My post had nothing to do with handshaking, per say. It served only to refute CYA's suggestion that God takes care of everything, on his own. Though he does take care of everything, we have to do our part. His promise isn't enough. God's promise, l'mashal, is like a promise to make it rain. We have to till the soil and plant the crops, so that we're ready when the rain comes. This isn't an argument in favor of handshaking. It's an argument against relying on "god's promise" while you sit at home with your feet up waiting for the postman to deliver your checks. That, dear freinds, don't work.