The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-15
This May Be
The Reason
BY RABBI A. LEviTAN

Mote to readers. The significant
question of WHY that so many
clear thinkers are asking today
with regard to worldly events,
spiritual realities, etc, win be an
swered from the point of view Of
the Rabbi Abraham Levitan in this
and two other installments. Whet-
her or not the reader agrees with
the Rabbits opinion he will, per-
haps. find the subject interesting
and thought provoking. tSigned.
Bill Gibb).
During the entire fifty-seven cen.
turtles since the world was created,
civilization has never been faced
with the terrible threat of its de-
struction that it does now.
1t is true that the Flood destroy
ed all living creatures about 16 CEN
turtles after Creation. but the Ark,
1.-THE sanctuary, protected and
saved the lives of yirtuous creatur,
es and only wicked ones we're de-
stroyed, Those human beings who
obeyed the orders of the Creator,
or fundamental laws of human
decency. were not destroyed. They
were given special protection. The
same was true Of all the other
creatures which were not guilty of
disobeying their instincts. The
Talmudic tells us that one. couple
of each species that remained true
TO their dispositions with which the
Creator had endowed them, we're
admitted into hte Ark by Noah
and they we're saved.
After the Flood, the population
of the world again increased and
man and animal reusmed their re-
spectiye places on earth. But time
and time again man was destroyed
in large numbers by similar reeur-
ring methods. viz: plaques and
wars, and wars and more plague.
These agents >of destruction not
only destroyed certain nations, but
their entire civilization and more
of living.
The human family which is en-
lowed by the Creator with the
power of thinking and reasoning is
superior to everything else that
was created. Man, after his crea.
ton, was specifically ordered to
rule over all other creatures in the
world. In Gen. 1928 we find And
God blessed them; land God said:
replenish the earth and
Subdue it: and have dominion ovei
the fish of the sea, and over the
| fowl of the air, and over every
living think that creepeth on the
earth. .
4 Why does our Creator destroy
US? Surely. we were not created &c
be destroyed. The entire purpose Of
our civilization is Life. Life anc
death are described in the Scrip
lures as good and evil. lin Deut
30:l51 eSee, | have set before thee
this day life and good, and death
and evil. !" In Gen. 1 we find the
expression And God saw il was
good repeated several times
Verse 81 states .tAnd God saw
!, everything that He had made, and
i behold, it was very good.
| What then is the reason tina, evil
hefaIls us?
/ The reason for this reason and
for the purpose or reason Of other
happenings has been one OF the
greatest detectives in the life Of
the human race. Here mans think
ing powers are challenged and the
results have been in some measure
successful. The alchemist in his
intensive researches, has given us
many important basic chemical
discoveries that are so useful in
the preservation of life and health.
The astronomer has helped us
realize the powers and omniscience
Of the great Grand Master Of the
universe, which has helped us to
learn to revere and worship Him.
The cassaa iy trim s.f ma ~ ns,fe.tc ..tIta,