[Avodah] what must O believe?

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

Micha:
> Still sitting in my "to reply" pile is RSN's post about rationalists who
> ignore or actively reject nistar and qabbalah. That is a very related
> questio.

I'll make a simple but useful dichotomy

It is OK by me to say:
"As a rationalist I have no shaychus to qabbalah". IOW an agnostic stance

OTOH
It is not ok to categorically dismiss, denigrate, belittle, all nistar
simply because it is not one's "cup of tea".


Gray area:
It might be OK to be eclectic and say that just as there is such a thing
as a minhag ta'us there can be a particular Qabbalistic point that is
also a "ta'us" but it must be supported by sources etc.

KT 
RRW
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