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Q&A: Authentic Torah Greatness from a Haredi Perspective

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Authentic Torah Greatness from a Haredi Perspective

Question

I would like to present the Haredi approach to Torah greatness and hear the Rabbi’s opinion. In my view, this significantly weakens much of the Rabbi’s criticism of them.
Torah opinion: it is not measured by the logical quality of the claim, but by the person making the claim. Torah opinion is not necessarily made up of logically proven arguments, but much more of intuitions influenced by the holiness of the Torah.
Torah greatness: it is not measured by the level of analytical ability of the great scholar, but by the degree of investment and dedication of one’s life to Torah, with self-sacrifice, separation from worldly life and personal needs, and the ability to rise personally to an elevated life, not necessarily rational.
Knowledge of Torah: this serves only as an indicative condition—showing who truly invested.
Talent: only a necessary condition, sometimes, for the ability to lead.
Analytical learning: as for analytical learning, certainly from a Haredi perspective this is not the main thing, and in the end the most analytically brilliant yeshiva heads are not necessarily the ones who lead the public, but rather serve as a backdrop to the leadership. Take, for example, Rabbi Yosel Schreiber.
There is more to expand on, but I tried to be brief.
 

Answer

All of this is well known. I didn’t see what is novel here. And even so, despite all the immersion in study, what comes out is foolish arguments and a lack of understanding of reality. If that fits with Torah greatness, then we really do live in different worlds. And if these are the leaders of the public, then there really is a problem.

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