T110 (Tinyana) PNC - Bechirah Is in Your Hand, Pashut — If You Want, You Do

**Shamati she-ish echad sha'al osoi: keitzad hu ha-bechirah? — heishiv lo bi-feshitus: she-ha-bechirah hi be-yad ha-adam bi-feshitus — im rotzeh oseh, ve-im eino rotzeh eino oseh.** A man asked Rabbeinu: *how does bechirah work?* — *he answered with the most pashut answer possible*: *bechirah is in a man's hand, pashut. If he wants — he does. If he does not want — he doesn't.* **No diagrams. No qualifications.** *Ve-rashamti zois ki hu nitzrach me'oid, ki kammah bnei adam nevuchim ba-zeh me'oid, mei-chamas she-heim murgalim be-ma'aseihem u-vi-darkeihem mi-ne'ureihem me'oid; al kein nidmeh la-hem she-ein la-hem bechirah, chas ve-shalom, ve-einam yecholim le-shanos ma'aseihem.* They are *habituated mi-ne'ureihem* and feel that they *cannot change* — *aval be-emes eino chein, ki be-vadai yesh le-chol adam bechirah tomid al kol davar, u-kemo she-hu rotzeh oseh*. **Ve-haveh ha-devarim me'oid.**