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On the Thought of Israel

שו"תOn the Thought of Israel
שאל לפני 10 שנים

The Rabbi wanted to ask about the concept of God, does the Rabbi perceive God like Rabbi Kook and Rabbi the Nazir? In any case, what does the Rabbi say about Rabbi Kellner's concept of God in "Hod Karach Nora" where he interprets the article "Agonies from Soups" by Rabbi Kook, where Rabbi Kook redefines the concept of God, according to which there is no need for intellectual proofs to prove the reality of God, but rather to redefine Him and everything will be understood. By the way, is the Rabbi planning to publish a new book in the near future?
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I don't know how Rabbi Hanzir and Rabbi Kook perceived God. I'm also not familiar with Rabbi Kelner's work. Currently working on a book on contemporary theology (two or three volumes). —————————————————————————————— Asks: Does the rabbi's new book base his understanding of God on a specific mishnah of a particular scholar such as the Maharal or Rihal?
And in general, in the rabbi's books I did not find (not that this is great evidence, but still…) a definition or attempt to define God according to the Torah and an attempt to base this on sources in the revealed or hidden Torah of Israel.
It is clear to me that the rabbi dealt with this issue extensively and in depth, so it is difficult for me to understand how the rabbi does not address the views of Rabbi Kook and his disciple Rabbi the Nazir on the concept of the divine.
According to Rabbi Kook, he does not renew the concept of God, but reveals it from the teachings of the people of Israel. Therefore, I think that his teachings require the attention of the rabbis of this generation, especially since I know that the rabbi teaches the main book of Rabbi HaNazir that deals with these matters, "Kol HaNavoa"…
And how can we even address the question of the existence of God without a precise definition of the concept? And if we are asking the question of what God is, why not approach our sources in search of the answer and try to glean the definition from them?
The beauty that emerges from the Rabbi's attempt to define God is that after it there is no need for logical philosophizing and debates because everything becomes clear and self-evident. What the author of the Kuzari calls "evidence requires neither evidence nor a model."
This means that the method is simply to redefine concepts (new and old) and in this way establish faith in the God of Israel. It is important to me to know what the Rabbi thinks about everything I have written because this is an issue that I have been dealing with and interested in for some time, and as much as I learn from the Rabbi in many areas of faith, I do not find a specific reference to this basic issue (which is the root of many current questions that the Rabbi also deals with extensively) and this is a shame for me because I am sure that the Rabbi has a lot to say on the matter and to contribute from his extensive education, both Torah and general, to this matter.
Thank you very much in advance and have a good week!!! —————————————————————————————— Rabbi: In general, I do not deal with books on Jewish thought of any kind and certainly do not rely on them. Among other things, because of what you wrote here that there are no definitions and the clarification is very unsystematic and vague. In addition, I do not see them as a source of authority (contrary to Halacha), and therefore they do not add much to the various issues. I really don't think that dealing with intellectual issues must refer to one source or another. Just as Rabbi Kook or the Maharal wrote what they think (although they supposedly rely on Chazal sources, I don't buy it. The sources are merely an illustration), I, the Rabbi, also write what I think. And the voter will choose. As a general rule, in my opinion there is no Jewish philosophy. There is a right philosophy and a wrong philosophy, and it really doesn't matter whose stomach the pearls come from, Jew or Gentile. I explain all of this very well in my aforementioned book. Among other things, my goal there is to clarify these methodological assumptions.

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