tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345202358783241386.post3551015161121435691..comments2023-08-15T09:20:12.403-07:00Comments on Pesach Sheini: Bridges- Are we willing to listen?Pesach Sommerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429802587338023317noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345202358783241386.post-81993516799920946352014-10-08T09:23:49.773-07:002014-10-08T09:23:49.773-07:00Right but how and why did that become an essential...Right but how and why did that become an essential belief of Modern-Orthodoxy? Why is Rav Ahron venerated on everything else, ignored on this?<br />Pesach Sommerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429802587338023317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345202358783241386.post-72570312612839118732014-10-07T13:59:05.743-07:002014-10-07T13:59:05.743-07:00Because all people are closed to questioning their...Because all people are closed to questioning their deeply held beliefs. Whether it's a Mod-O and Messianic Greater Israel Zionism, a Reconstructionist Jew and Tikkun Olam Liberalism, a Chareidi and da'as Torah, a Xian and the resurrection of Yeishu...<br /><br />To question the postulates of one's belief system is to wonder whether one succeeded in finding meaning in one's life. The possibility of finding "no" is just too painful.micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345202358783241386.post-84998753610117308802014-10-07T13:08:25.369-07:002014-10-07T13:08:25.369-07:00But why are we closed to that idea?But why are we closed to that idea?Pesach Sommerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429802587338023317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345202358783241386.post-35018235503650766512014-10-07T11:22:49.478-07:002014-10-07T11:22:49.478-07:00"I wondered why it was that I had to go to a ..."I wondered why it was that I had to go to a Reconstructionist temple to hear Awwad’s message." For the same reason why a Reconstructionist would have to go to a Mod-O shul to hear R' Shlomo Aviner shlit"a. It's not that we O are more closed-minded, it's that we're closed to a different set of ideas.micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.com