Q&A: Torah from Heaven as an Existential Recognition
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Torah from Heaven as an Existential Recognition
Question
At 1:23 here in the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CHq7kJk39c there appears the claim that Torah from Heaven is an existential recognition: that the content of the Torah is deep and elevated beyond human cognition, and that the recognition that the Torah’s source is not human is experiential and intuitive. What does the Rabbi think about this?
Answer
I don’t understand what is written here.
David, what do you expect the Rabbi to say? Really? We all know that the source of the Torah is God. Obviously it’s moving that we have a message, which is the Torah, that remains forever, and that it is God’s will for us. And if that is experiential [or intuitive (= intellectual? what’s the connection?)]. In my opinion these statements contradict themselves, because on the one hand they say that the content of the Torah is deep and elevated beyond human cognition, and on the other hand they say about the Torah’s source that it is intellectual? Logically, if so, then why was the Torah given to us if it is beyond human cognition?