Watch this brilliant clip to learn what real faith is all about. It’s not blind belief and acceptance of information or values. Rabbi Dr. J. Immanuel Schochet illuminates the fundamental connection between faith and knowledge. True faith that is rooted in knowledge is exhibited in a person who synthesizes information and allows the logical consequences of this reality to have an affect on the way he or she lives.
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This is so true!!
Here is an article I wrote on the topic: FAITH, KNOWLEDGE AND CHABAD Rabbi Yeheskel Lebovic The Paradox The Alter Rebbe viewed himself as a direct link to the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid, and considered his Chabad system of Chassidus as a progressive direct link to their teachings. This article will explore some of the possible antecedents upon which he may have found a strong basis for his approach. At first glance, it would seem that for the high level reached through Emuna, Faith and belief, as expounded in Chassidus, to be expressed through the limited intellectual parameters… Read more »
He never lets up his true conviction of Toras Emes tied in with what the Rebbe has to say… no stone is left unturned… every word and sentence is backed up by a gemora or tosfos or chassidishe vort. Yasher Kochahah Rabbi.
Awesome!
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