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<p>In Avodah Digest, Vol 26, Issue 73, R'Micha replied to RRW:<br>
>> My undeerstandin of Kuzari and Hirsch is that we have emunah based upon mesorah. <<<br>
> 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.<br>
> Kind of like "More than the Jews have kept the Shabbos, Shabbos has kept<br>
the Jews."<br>
> It certainly seems true of effective kiruv techniques; a Shabbos or a chavrusah in gemara have done more kiruv than all the philosophical<br>
discussions combined. <<br>
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). <br>
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All the best from<br>
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager</body></html>