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The following is from RSRH's commentary on Devarim 6: 7<br><br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4><b>7
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>And impress them sharply
upon your sons and speak of them when you sit in your house and when you
walk upon the way, when you lie<br>
down and when you get up.<br><br>
V'dibarta Bom <br><br>
</i></b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>The study of the
Torah shall be our main intellectual pursuit. We are not<br>
to study the Torah incidentally. We are not to study Torah from the
standpoint<br>
of another science or for the sake of that science. So, too, we are
to<br>
be careful not to introduce into the sphere of the Torah foreign ideas
that<br>
were developed on the basis of other premises. Rather, we should
always<br>
be mindful of the superiority of the Torah, which differs from all
other<br>
scientific knowledge through its Divine origin. We should not
imagine<br>
that it is based on mere human knowledge and accordingly is on the
same<br>
level as other human sciences.<br><br>
We have already explained in our Commentary on
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>Vayikra
</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>18:4-5<br>
that these statements [of our Sages] do not demand of us to
completely<br>
ignore all the scientific knowledge that has been gained and cultivated
in<br>
other spheres. Rather, these statements assume that a person is
familiar<br>
with these other realms of knowledge, but they teach us that one
should<br>
occupy himself with this knowledge only from the Torah’s
perspective,<br>
for only in this way will this knowledge be beneficial to us, and they
warn<br>
us that neglecting this perspective will jeopardize our intellectual
life.</font></body>
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