Compromise
This sefer shows a lot of extreme views. The Nehene says that life is all about enjoying your self and there is no need to try with anything. He also says that we do not have any accountability for our actions because g-d is in charge of everything.
The Amal says that the whole point of us is to make the world a perfect place. He thinks that is in only up to us, that we have to make all the effort and that g-d is no in charge. These two things are clearly very opposite, one says g-d has all control and one says g-d has no control.
In comes the Yir'ei Elokim with a new approach. He argues with the Amal and acknowledges, but doesn't like what the Nehene says. He tries to find a way to meet both of them in the middle. He says that we have to meet g-d in the middle, we can try to work but ultimately it's up to g-d.
Here the Yir'ei Elokim makes a compromise with both opinions. We can learn from him that we can always see extremes but what we really need to do is find a compromise between the two
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