Don’t Search for HaShem’s Will
in the Realm of Mysticism or Exotic Lands,
But in our Own Sacred Tradition with Your Own Intelligence

כִּי הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם לֹא נִפְלֵאת הִוא מִמְּךָ וְלֹא רְחֹקָה הִוא: לֹא בַשָּׁמַיִם הִוא לֵאמֹר מִי יַעֲלֶה לָּנוּ הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וְיִקָּחֶהָ לָּנוּ וְיַשְׁמִעֵנוּ אֹתָהּ וְנַעֲשֶׂנָּה: וְלֹא מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם הִוא לֵאמֹר מִי יַעֲבָר לָנוּ אֶל עֵבֶר הַיָּם וְיִקָּחֶהָ לָּנוּ וְיַשְׁמִעֵנוּ אֹתָהּ וְנַעֲשֶׂנָּה: כִּי קָרוֹב אֵלֶיךָ הַדָּבָר מְאֹד בְּפִיךָ וּבִלְבָבְךָ לַעֲשֹׂתוֹ: (דברים ל:יא-יד)

For this mandate which I Command you this day: it is not too hard [also: "mysterious," "hidden"] for you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say: ‘Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, and let us hear it, so that we can keep it?’ Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say: ‘Who shall go across the sea for us, and bring it to us, and let us hear it, so that we can keep it?’ For it is very close to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, so that you can keep it. (Deuteronomy 30:11-14) ²