A Passion for Truth by Abraham J. Heschel

A Passion for Truth by Abraham J. Heschel

Author:Abraham J. Heschel [Heschel, Abraham J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781879045415
Amazon: B005LVOJFA
Barnesnoble: B005LVOJFA
Goodreads: 19565966
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1973-01-01T00:00:00+00:00


The Talmud reports that when King Solomon instituted the laws concerning “the mixing of realms,” private and public, and the washing of hands, a Heavenly voice declared: “My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will rejoice.”

What great wisdom in those laws impressed the power of Heaven? The Kotzker answered that this wisdom suggested that one ought to be mixed up with the world and to be able to wash one’s hands of it —to be part of the world and also outside it. One had to be both involved and detached at the same time.



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