[Avodah] [Areivim] Seeing the Swiss Alps

[Prof. Levine]

At 06:59 PM 12/10/2008, T613K at aol.com wrote:
>On Areivim, R' Yitzchak Levine posted something about Hirsch urging 
>his students to see the Alps -- his famous line, HKB'H will ask you, 
>"Have you seen My Alps?"


There was nothing in what I wrote about nd quoted from RSRH that said 
anything about students.  The Wondering Jew piece appeared some time 
in the 1860s in the journal Jeshurun.

Indeed, my impression is that almost all of RSRH's writing were meant 
for the public at large. It is true that he gave a Chumash shiur 
which was the source for his commentary on the Chumash, but to say he 
was "urging his students to see the Alps" has, IMO, no basis. He was 
urging everyone to look at nature and gain a greater appreciation for Hashem.

Yitzchok Levine 
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