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What’s happening to the IQ of our youth?

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Rabbi Shalom Landau

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What's going on with the IQ of our youth? Maybe the problem is not intelligence. Maybe it's non-stop noise, too much input, too much simulation, too little silence, too little depth. Hashem cleared the wall through the tora. First came the blueprint, then came the building. That's why Shabas is not just a day off. It's a day the mind returns to clarity. A day to stop touching the wall and start seeing it. That's why matur is not against thought. It's against the chaos. You think Shab creation? Maybe Shabas is what serves the mind that creates.

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