Shnayim Yomi - Naso - Shlishi - #3 - Rabbi Dov Blumberg - Intellect Alone Is Not Enough

The Torah now moves on to discuss those who become tame needing to leave the camps of Kalai Israel and the explains that to weakens the nepheshless the spiritual dimension behind a person's intellect and it confuses it until the person becomes Tahar again. Now, we're taught that what separates a human being from an animal is the ability to think and understand. But the is teaching us that intellect alone is not what truly makes us unique. It's what the intellect is connected to that makes it special. A person can be brilliant. They can come up with ideas that sound deep, sophisticated, even inspiring. But if they're disconnected from the source of creation itself from from his Torah, from MS, then the can become distorted. And that's the danger of tuma. It doesn't just affect the body, it affects the clarity of how a person sees the world and how they're driven to act and react within it. separates the from the nephesh from the spiritual truth that's supposed to guide it. And that's why the Torah teaches that someone in this state couldn't remain in the camp of the or beyond because being close to a bar requires more than intellect. It requires being constantly connected to the only source of truth.