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 for thought. I wanted to ask about that.
Given that there are quite a few references there to intellectual and ideological aspects, to what extent does the Rabbi identify with or connect to the style of what he wrote back then, in light of how he sees studies of thought and ideology today? And more generally, to what extent is a poem considered, 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 keeping with your current views?