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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 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
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- 0:32100% sense and every single law was understandable, I would be I would be very concerned…
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- 1:33us, although I might not understand it, but I will accept it. I go according to…
- 2:05on their heads because our arm our hands represent action. First do Na'aseh and then Venishma…
- 2:35cuz he knows in the end she's older, she's much wiser than him. But for some…
- 3:05them and say well if I don't understand then I have to keep it. Rather accept…
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