About this episode

The episode explores the complexities of understanding what God wants and the subjective nature of interpretation.

Whenever I hear or read someone telling me that they know what God wants and it is not what I think, I am reminded of a baseball game! Someone in the nose bleed section of the bleachers screams at the plate umpire: “are you blind, that was a strike!” From 240 yards away this spectator can see better than the umpire standing right behind the plate! Amazing isn’t it!

People in this episode

Host: Kenneth Block

Topics covered

• God's will
• faith
• interpretation
• religion
• spirituality
• Judaism

Keywords

• God
• faith
• interpretation
• religion
• spirituality
• Judaism
• umpire
• baseball

More episodes of The Rabbi and I

• I am Ambitious, obviously you are Greedy · May 31, 2026 · 7 min
• Israel Right or Wrong - Is that Wrong or Right? · May 17, 2026 · 8 min
• Happy “God The Mother” Day · May 10, 2026 · 4 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the The Rabbi and I podcast page.