Imagination

The extent of one's Emunah depends on the purity of one's imaginative faculties.

~Rebbe Nathan of Nemirov

Torah from Outer Space

Years ago, I read the following Q&A posed by Rebbe Tzodok HaCohen: 

If God created the universe for people to live the Torah, why is the universe so massive, wouldn’t a much smaller universe do for such purposes? 

He answered: One day we’ll learn new mysteries of Torah from what’s discovered in outer space.

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To Coalesce the Seas

The Zohar’s prediction came true that circa 5,600 on the Jewish calendar the “floodgates from above” and “wellsprings from below” will open up and flood humanity. The flood it referred to is a flood of two types of wisdom. The “floodgates from above” refers to the mystical wisdom, the Kabbalah. The “wellsprings from below” refers to the various secular wisdoms, such as science, medicine and technology. 

This flood has produced seas of wisdom which have been growing and growing ever since. There are educational institutions dedicated entirely to mystical wisdom and those dedicated entirely to secular wisdom. Each side seems to be growing in near isolation from the other. 

I wonder when a unique institution which will blend the two of them together will be formed. Isn’t it time for the two seas to coalesce into one greater sea, one more potent and glorious than the sum of each alone? 

It’s understandable that a boy and girl require years to grow and develop in isolation from each other. They can’t be introduced at infancy or even in late childhood, as that would be counterproductive. They need time to mature, to become properly polar opposites to each other. But, at some point marriage is truly meant to happen. There needs to be a marriage here between mystical and earthly wisdom. They’ve been in isolation from each other long enough, a state unhealthy to maintain longer than absolutely necessary.

Who's the matchmaker? Which institution wants to take up this historic role, one which will forever ensconce it in the annals of humanity?

Just asking … don’t rush all at once. After all, it’s only the very destiny of the entire human race which is at stake here, a minor concern. Right?

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