Q&A: The Account of Creation and the Chariot – Expounding in Public
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The Account of Creation and the Chariot – Expounding in Public
Question
Hello Rabbi,
Is there כיום any practical significance to the prohibition against expounding publicly on the Account of the Chariot and the Account of Creation? Are there topics (certain areas of philosophy? Kabbalah?) on which it is forbidden to give public lectures?
Thank you
Answer
I don’t think so. I’m also not sure there ever really was an actual halakhic prohibition here. It was a concern. Today that concern seems to me devoid of any real significance.
The real secret is that beyond the poetic and mystical feelings surrounding the matter, we’re talking about nonsense in every sense of the word.
The boors, believers in magic and lies, are incapable of grasping the truth.