[Avodah] Amen

[Michael Poppers]

In Avodah Digest V23#66, RnCL responded to me:
> Sorry.  However, I think my criticism stands.  I understand the term
quiet to mean barely, if at all, audible.... <
With respect, I think your criticizing the title of a section of an 
article (especially considering that said title is at best a translation, 
apparently by Chanan Morrison [and see his comments on his undertaking at 
http://www.geocities.com/m_yericho/ravkook/], of something seen in RAYK's 
"Ein Eyah") is beneath you.  What you subsequently write (e.g. "surely the 
idea of itti is one of being in it together") seems to me to be in 
consonance with the content of the article, and I hope we can agree that 
the article's content is what counts ;-).  If it matters any, I understand 
"quiet" in this article not in the sense of the level of audibility but 
rather in the sense of the entirety of a proper, measured response, the 
vast majority of which is mental and thoughtful -- to quote from Mr. 
Morrison's adaptation, "A true Amen is not a loud outburst of emotion, but 
rather the quiet reflection of agreement and inner awareness."  Thanks.

All the best from
Michael Poppers * Elizabeth, NJ, USA
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