Q&A: Inquiry
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Inquiry
Question
Rabbi Nachman said: “One must be very careful to keep inquiry far from his heart and cast it out of his heart completely, so as not, God forbid, to be any kind of investigator at all. Rather, one should believe in God and in true righteous people through faith alone, without any inquiry whatsoever” (Sichot HaRan 32).
What is the Rabbi’s opinion on this?
Answer
My opinion is that such nonsense can come only from the mouth of someone who distanced himself from inquiry and was left devoid of wisdom. Similar to what the Aderet wrote in a letter: that those who oppose the sciences also oppose Zionism, because after opposing wisdom they are left as fools.