Q&A: The Rabbi’s attitude toward his article from 23 years ago
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The Rabbi’s attitude toward his article from 23 years ago
Answer
Why don’t you ask there?
Definitely yes. Those are not studies in Jewish thought but reflections on semi-halakhic phenomena. Beyond that, am I lacking columns and articles on matters of Jewish thought?
Discussion on Answer
In the columns and articles on matters of Jewish thought in recent years, that is*
I asked here because I didn’t know how the mechanism worked for questions reaching the Rabbi; nice to know that you can comment on columns from the previous millennium 😀
In any case, the Rabbi’s style in that column feels (to me personally, at least) more refined, expansive, and open toward topics and sources that aren’t exactly halakhic.
The Rabbi certainly doesn’t lack columns on matters of Jewish thought (and this is a good opportunity to say thank you for the columns, which for me at least—every one that comes out is a real and precise intellectual pleasure, even if I don’t always agree with the conclusions the Rabbi reaches).
But in general, in the area of thought, reliance on the sages of Israel hasn’t been felt all that much in the Rabbi’s writing in recent years (the reasons are known).
That was what motivated the question.