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Politics : President Kamala Harris

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To: Rarebird who wrote (4699)	11/14/2024 11:04:05 AM
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You are wrong by about 1000 years, Saint Augustine of Hippo, born 13 November 354, first said it. It later showed up in 13th century Spain in a Jewish source. A popular phrase, frequently and wrongly attributed to the Talmud, is "Pray as if everything depended on God; act as if everything depended on you." I am trying to find out if there is anything in our Sources along those lines. The closest I could find comes from Radak (13th-century Spain) commenting on Genesis 12:10: The promises by God are based on man having taken every reasonable precaution not to require a miracle to save him from danger. When one is aware that one finds oneself in a situation where danger to one’s life is likely, one must first take every precaution at one’s disposal to counter such danger. Our Sages [Pesachim 64b] have told us that it is inadmissible to sit ... waiting for God to perform a miracle to save one’s life. They base this advice on the verse in Torah: Do not try the Lord your God. [Deut. 6:16] which means “do not put God in a position of having to perform a miracle for you.” ... When righteous people face danger in carrying out what they know to be God’s will, they must not leave matters to miracles.

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