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In this Shiur
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Rabbi Silber asks why the Torah sometimes forbids an act yet still permits its results, using the halacha of shiluach hakan as the example. He compares Hashem to a parent who firmly says "don't do it" while still being moved by love when the child disobeys anyway. The message: a lo sa'aseh carries its own consequence, but the permitted result is Hashem's quiet reminder that transgression never erases His love.
Never think that doing the wrong thing means Hashem loves you any less.
Like a parent who holds the line on a rule while still adoring the child who breaks it, Hashem can forbid an act and still love the one who does it.
Falling short isn't a rupture in the relationship with Hashem — it's an invitation to do better next time.
Some prohibitions carry their own consequence (malkus) even when the Torah permits the resulting outcome — the two are not contradictions.
“I still love you even though you did the wrong thing. I just need you to do better next time.”
