[Avodah] Malachim & mistakes

[Prof. Levine]

At 11:02 AM 10/7/2011, R. Micha wrote:

>Too much of today's "hashkafah" books reduce Yahadus to self help. You
>can have the happiness you seek through Torah. The Torah will teach you
>how to be the parent you want to be, or be the person you want to be.
There is an attitude that one often hears today, "Everything is in 
the Torah."  When I hear someone say this, I ask, "Where do you find 
the Pythagorean Theorem in the Torah?"  This is always met with silence.

We are told that there is Chochma amongst the gentiles, but they do 
not have Torah.  If so, then Chochma, it seems to me, is not Torah 
and hence not in the Torah.  Therefore, it seems to me that 
everything is not to be found in the Torah.  YL
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