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The secular intellectual approach is
different than that of the Jewish
approach.
By us, we say even if I do not
understand God's ways right now, one day
I will understand.
That's why we have hukum, laws that we
don't understand, laws that we can't
comprehend. I am very confident that I'm
part of a religion where I don't
understand everything.
That there are certain laws that are
beyond my comprehension. Because the
fact that we have such laws proves to us
that it must be coming from a divine
source. If I was part of a religion
where everything in that religion made
100% sense and every single law was
understandable, I would be I would be
very concerned that maybe this religion
was written by a man. Because why is it
that my level of knowledge is the same
level as his?
That perhaps this religion was made up
by some person.
The fact that we have laws that we don't
understand, the fact that we have laws
that we don't comprehend, should give us
a confidence, a certain sense of
serenity,
a certain sense of contentment that that
we are part of a religion that must be
100% divine.
You know, when we go to
to a doctor, we trust that the doctor
knows what he's talking about. We don't
have any questions on the doctor. We
know the doctor knows more than us, he
knows better than us.
He must have studied this topic for
years, medicine.
We don't question him. We say, you know,
I accept. But what for some reason when
it comes to the Torah, all of a sudden
we have so many questions. Hashem, I
don't understand this and I don't
understand that. Why did you give me
this Explain this to me and until I
don't understand it, I won't follow it.
Until I don't understand this law, I
won't be able to follow it. I'm not
going to be able to observe it. We say
that even if the ordinances, the
commandments that Hashem has given to
us, although I might not understand it,
but I will accept it. I go according to
the na'aseh v'nishma model. You know
what the na'aseh v'nishma model is? I
will do and I will listen. I will first
accept. I will internalize the message
and then
I'll be able to slowly start to
understand. But I'm willing to give it a
chance. Hashem says this is not a
mathematical equation. 1 + 1 = 2.
I want you to have faith in me. I want
you to have emunah. Develop that emunah.
First accept.
and this is by the way why men put on
the Tefillin first on their arm and then
on their heads because our arm our hands
represent action. First do Na'aseh and
then Venishma you will understand then
will come the wisdom.
Hence we say Na'aseh Venishma. Hence we
first accept, we accept the laws of
Hashem. Although I might not understand
it fully because I understand it must be
coming from a divine source. When a
mother tells her child go to your room
and the child says why should I go? What
does the mother cuz I said so. And the
child understands deep inside at the end
of the day the mother knows what's best
for him. And so he follows her order
cuz he knows in the end she's older,
she's much wiser than him. But for some
reason when it comes to the Torah
we ask Hashem why should I listen to
you? How do I know this is this is
coming from Hashem? How do I know this
is from God? The fact that we have such
laws reminds us that it must be that
Hashem knows better than us.
It must be that Hashem obviously is much
wiser than us.
After all he has created us. He knows
how our brains function. He knows how we
operate. And so he knows what's best for
us and he has our best interests in mind
for us. So learn the Torah and even if
you come across mitzvot that are hard
for you to understand, don't give up on
them and say well if I don't understand
then I have to keep it. Rather accept
the Chochmah and then the
Binah will come later on.
