The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-22
ADDITIONAL.
CHURCH NEWS
This May Be
The Reason
BY RABBI A. LEVITAN
Continued
PART II

what an important observation ne
had made. His remarks resemb-
led those of his elders in many re
spects since most people seem to
belive only what they can see,
and to understand only what is
plainly visible
3 The infinite universe with all the
sublime mysteries Of creation and
life, have fascinated all those who
! stopped To think about them from
the very beginning of time.
When the Creator decided to
bring the universe into being, he
! first prepared a detailed plan for
| the entire world and all the Great
ureS he intended to place therein
In this plan he provides for the
/ proper mode of living and useful
existence of all His creatures.
Particularly, the human being
Man is His favorite creation
/ For him, He prepared everything
that might be desired in the way
of comfort and happiness during
the life span. Furthermore, man
was the very last thing that God
created This was intended 10 ia
cilitate matters for him and make
everything most pleasant for his
enjoyment during his mortal exist
ence. When he was placed into the
Garden of Eden he had nothing
10 do except that which he was told
! I'm Gen. l1:16. we read, "and the
Lord God commanded the man,
saying. >" etc.
/ Not only had the Creator done
all these wonderful things for man,
but when he was duly installed in
his Paradise with all the grand sur
roundings about him, the Lord gave
man copy of His own blue print
! for proper living by telling Adam
a few things at first, and then later.
giving mankind the entire set Of
! plans.
These plans and specifications
! for life upon this earth were given
+ by the Lord Of the Universe to His
people as a recognition of their
superiority, He had created man in
His image, endowed him with
greater powers than everything
else that He had created, bestowed
special privileges upon him and
provided him with Paradise to
/ live in.
For these advantages and bless
ings that the Creator bestowed up.
on man, God wants only one thing.
viz; man should study as much as
he can all about His ways, try
hard to learn them, an dthen apply
them in his daily life, in his con
tact with his fellowman.
AT a time when the Creator in
His Omniscience saw fit to dis
close all His laws to Mankind, He
revealed the Ten Commandments
and thereafter the written and oral
laws TO Moses in the wilderness.
The written part of these revela-
tons is known as the Five Books of
Moses. The oral explanations are
called the Talmud. Together, these
divine teachings in the Hebrew and
Aramaic languages are known as
! The T0ran.
This monumental spiritual work
was created and prepared for the
human mind by the Lord and Crea-
tor long before the universe emer-
ged from chaos. This is the plan
that He followed from the very in
ceptiOn of creation throughout the
ages. and win continue to do so I'M
I'll the end Of time Here we find
all thine rules and regulations that
are necessary for the existence
Of mankind. T h @ entire uni
verse exists by virtue of its strict
adherence to these immutable
laws that the Creator established.
All of nature, as we'll as all living
creatures except man. exist in ac-
cordance with the will of their
Creator They cannot change their
habits nor mode of living. They are
practically the same today as they
were when createdS They cannot
deviate from the habits and in
stincts that were inculcated in them
originally by their Creator.
The human being however. diff
fers from everything else that was
created In that he can think, speak
distinguish between right and
wrong, and choose to follow which
ever one of the two paths he de
sires. The most important endow-
ment OF man is his ability to be
either good man or an evil one.
He has the absolute right or free
dom to decide for himself whether
he should try TO be saint or
villain. And what is considered
good or sanity, evil or villainous
In the eyes OF the Lord2
To be good person all one is
Obliged to do is to follow the teach
ings Of the Torah or Bible. On the
other hand. an evil person is one
who fails or refuses TO do what
he is told in the Bible and delibe-
rately does what is prohibited.
This applies TO individuals.
MAN CAN CHANGE FOR BET
TER OR WORSE.
Go Be Concluded Next Week
Presents which our love for the