[Avodah] The Knowledge Conundrum

[Michael Poppers]

In Avodah Digest, Vol 26, Issue 73, R'Micha replied to RRW:
>> My undeerstandin of Kuzari and Hirsch is that we have emunah based upon
mesorah. <<
> While that's true, I think that today, giving the recent rupture in
mesorah and the number of people not born in mesorah-bearing homes, it's
easier to build mesorah on the experience of doing mitzvos.
> Kind of like "More than the Jews have kept the Shabbos, Shabbos has kept
the Jews."
> It certainly seems true of effective kiruv techniques; a Shabbos or a
chavrusah in gemara have done more kiruv than all the philosophical
discussions combined. <
Yes, but perhaps that "Shabbos or a chavrusah in gemara" is also
influential because the person you are being m'qareiv looks to you and your
m'sorah (referring back to what RRW wrote) as a guiding light.  I know such
is true in re to my longtime Aish haTorah chavrusas (officially, "students"
to my "tutor"/"mentor"ing).

All the best from
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager
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