On emotion and fear of heaven in the intellectual service of God
Greetings to the Honorable Rabbi,
I really appreciate your writing and your opinions.
And your approach, from what I've been impressed with, is very intellectual and rational.
And my question is, do you think it's really possible to worship God perfectly without any emotion at all?
After all, we are human beings and most of the time, most people act on emotion,
So how can one observe Halacha without a deep emotional connection to it?
Are feelings of love and longing for God just a mistaken emotion in your eyes or do they have objective importance?
All the best.
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I think it's possible to work without emotion and experience. Just like you uphold the law of the land without being moved by it.
Feelings of love and longing for God are feelings, and as such, if they exist, then that's perfectly fine. And even if they don't exist, that's perfectly fine. I suppose it can help in the service of God, but it's of instrumental importance and not essential.
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