tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574645.post4262134913711382571..comments2023-08-15T04:21:07.609-04:00Comments on Kol Ra'ash Gadol: The Chasid of the Masorti (so-called Conservative) movementUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574645.post-38751166060697636852007-02-04T03:14:00.000-05:002007-02-04T03:14:00.000-05:00pragmatician -
i think you are missing the point ...pragmatician - <br />i think you are missing the point of rabbi heschel's (zt"l) piece. the idea is not that "secular" learning (i don't think he would call it that) is bad and thus should be avoided in favor of torah. there is a reason he left his scionship in a chassidic dynasty- a premodern lifestyle was simply not intellectually justifiable to him. rather, the attitude that philosophy could provide for one an encompassing system by which one could live one's life is a faulty one.the proxy projecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708149644038060156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574645.post-23637183219111688662007-01-19T11:23:00.000-05:002007-01-19T11:23:00.000-05:00Citation before quote. Enjoy!Citation before quote. Enjoy!Kol Ra'ash Gadolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990368493440225799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574645.post-7193679410053012552007-01-18T21:23:00.000-05:002007-01-18T21:23:00.000-05:00Thanks for reprinting that classic quote; it reall...Thanks for reprinting that classic quote; it really captures what a halachic system and lifestyle are about. But I don't remember which book it's from -- can you supply a cite?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574645.post-36683103106951867022007-01-11T05:53:00.000-05:002007-01-11T05:53:00.000-05:00Never saw that before.
Very interesting that someo...Never saw that before.<br />Very interesting that someone with Torah knowledge attracted by the allure of secular philosophy found himself so disappointed.<br />I know I always had hold back a yawn during philosophy courses.Pragmaticianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724757238921859366noreply@blogger.com