Q&A: The Rabbi’s attitude to his article from 23 years ago
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The Rabbi’s attitude to his article from 23 years ago
Question
I saw the Rabbi’s column here on the site about Tu BiShvat from 2001.
The column itself is charming and opens up new directions of thought. I wanted to ask about this.
Given that there are quite a few references there to intellectual and ideological aspects, to what extent does the Rabbi identify or feel connected today with the style of what he wrote back then, in light of how you currently view the study of thought and ideology? And more generally, to what extent is a poem, from the Rabbi’s perspective, a source of factual and ideological information?
In other words, would the Rabbi today write this kind of column, in line with your current views?