Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts Noah! I really appreciate your perspective on this. I love your point about allowing Jews to navigate what traditions they personally feel right engaging with versus blind repetition.
I know there's a lot of value in tradition and will be the first to warn against also blindly throwing all t…
Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts Noah! I really appreciate your perspective on this. I love your point about allowing Jews to navigate what traditions they personally feel right engaging with versus blind repetition.
I know there's a lot of value in tradition and will be the first to warn against also blindly throwing all traditions out simply because they're traditions. But you do a great job of describing the healthy middle ground between both these sides, which is a more conscious, individualized assessment of traditions. I've always thought that was a powerful way for people to still connect with and engage with their background/traditions while not becoming foot soldiers for a collective at the expense of their growth and often the progress of their society!
And yes, I appreciate that you also see the parallels between the fanaticism of the past and the present in certain sects. If more people could see this, maybe the conversation could be more driven by moderate voices instead.
Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts Noah! I really appreciate your perspective on this. I love your point about allowing Jews to navigate what traditions they personally feel right engaging with versus blind repetition.
I know there's a lot of value in tradition and will be the first to warn against also blindly throwing all traditions out simply because they're traditions. But you do a great job of describing the healthy middle ground between both these sides, which is a more conscious, individualized assessment of traditions. I've always thought that was a powerful way for people to still connect with and engage with their background/traditions while not becoming foot soldiers for a collective at the expense of their growth and often the progress of their society!
And yes, I appreciate that you also see the parallels between the fanaticism of the past and the present in certain sects. If more people could see this, maybe the conversation could be more driven by moderate voices instead.