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And if what happens is [some bad thing], then not only does He know about it, He makes it happen.
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According to the Rabbi, then, God makes people do harm to others? I think not. Or, perhaps the Rabbi meant that, by failing to prevent the harm that a person intends to inflict upon another that God implicitly "made it happen." So, if I understand the Rabbi, he contends that either God makes people do bad things OR that God gave us free will but then disallows us to exercise it in a manner inconsistent with his wishes.
Since the Rabbi is a respected and learned theological scholar and I am anything but, I will assume that I do not understand his point.