So, just how different is one approach from the other? In the former, faith leads to the rational and personal connection, while in the latter, rational thinking leads to faith. Let me explain those words.īoth the Godly approach and the rational approach include a combination of faith and rational thought.

Rabbi Yoseph Yitzchok now understood why his father told him those words of strength at this spot. During his interrogation in this building, he told his interrogators what he had heard from his father at that place years earlier. Years later, Rabbi Yoseph Yitzchok was incarcerated for teaching Judaism and was sentenced to death. This occurred in front of a building that later became the feared GPU’s headquarters. A Godly mind begins with faith, and then, to personally connect and consciously own this faith, turns to personal understanding.” The father then told his son, “The difference between ( starting with the approach of ) a rational human mind and (starting with the approach of) a Godly mind is that a regular human mind starts first by applying itself, and then, realizing that it is not humanly possible to understand everything, finally turns to faith. Only after being called by his name did he become aware and return to where his father was standing. The son was so deep in thought that he kept walking, even while his father stopped for a moment.

Once, Rabbi Sholom Dov Ber was walking with his son, Rabbi Yoseph Yitzchak, in the city of Rostov, Russia, teaching him a profound concept of mysticism. On this day, in 5687 (1927), he received the good tidings that he was freed from (initially being sentenced to death) the exile imposed upon him after his arrest and imprisonment for his efforts in strengthening Torah and Judaism. Today 12 Tammuz (J) is the birthday of the Rebbe, R.

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