Entropy

The Second Law of Thermodynamics, otherwise known as the law of Entropy, teaches that all systems will naturally tend to be disorganized, as that is the state with the highest probability. Any organized state will tend to become more disorganized over time.

I was thinking about this in terms of Torah. At the time the Torah was give all of the Jewish People were united; certainly a state of low entropy. Over time this unity has dissipated until that state is not found. Indeed during out High Holiday prayers we ask God to bring about the time when all of humanity recognizes Him and unites in His service. Again, a state of low entropy. But this seems to be a state that is unattainable without the coming of Moshiach. The world, left to its own devices, alone, will continue to tend to trend to more and more disunity and disorganization. It will take the open hand of God to reverse that trend.

The Torah itself was a much more unified work when it was given. Although today there is disagreement over almost every point of Jewish law, it was not always that way. When the Torah was given there was 1,000 years of agreement as to Halacha. Now, however, as entropy has set in, the disunity within the Torah has caused division.