Part 12: Philosophers believed in HASHEM and yet were Apikorsim. Philosophers say that in order to establish that something exists you have to prove it. If you can’t prove it, then it doesn’t exist. They equate a nonproof to a proof of NOT. They can’t prove yesh mayin so they say that chomer (the raw material) always existed and Hashem just gives order to it, then leaves as it falls apart again – a cycle. Hashem is borei (creator) of the world, but not Manchig haolam (He doesn’t run it.) Chassidus says – Yes to Yesh MeAyin. Yes Hashem ceated both the chomer (the guf) and the Form (neshama) of the world. Hashem is still here (Tzimtzum shelo k’peshuto), and the world is constantly dependent on Him every second. Yes, there are nissim, yes, there is Hashgacha protis. Hashem is right here right now.
