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The Unlikely Pair


Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

His world is woven with the threads of cause and effect; she makes her choices with no need for reason. He questions every premise; she accepts with complete certitude. His world revolves around his own good; hers around that which has greater gravitational pull.

Yet, without one another neither is complete, neither can find its own essence or know its own truth.

Superficially, they seem impossibly incompatible. In essence, intellect and faith are the perfect marriage.
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From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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Posted: May 1, 2010
With gratitude...
...think this one just saved my (to be) marriage...
Posted By the babbling bride, los angeles, ca/usa

Posted: May 1, 2010
timing
this is beautiful and ideal...
I thought I met my intellectual and faithful partner -- turns out our threads of life were too different. However, he did tell me one day that G-D is in the timing of everything. Therefore I am hopeful I WILL find my impossibly incompatible yet essential perfect partner.

Man makes plans, and G-D laughs...

Faith makes laughing possible!
Posted By Yardin, Tel Aviv, Israel

Posted: Apr 30, 2010
Kind of like me and my Wife
I am based in reason she is based in faith.
Posted By Sir. Nethanel Zion Ben-Yahushua

Posted: Apr 30, 2010
My final, final, final, words
I owe this to you, Rabbi:

These last couple of 'daily dose' postings (and I particularly appreciated 'intelligence liberated') of your are wonderful-top notch.

Judaism is quite likely going to succeed where the faiths have generally failed; in reconciling a superior intelligence and force (G-d, of course) with our own minds.

It makes no sense to believe in atheism, and that the reality of existence begins and ends with our own minds. That's actually not a rational contention; that we are just a random accident of existence, and not at all beholden to a superiour being, a creator.

And it makes sense that this creator would present itself in a manner that might appear 'chukim' to us, for we cannot equal Him in intelligence and knowledge.

Yet, this creator clearly created us with minds capable of reason and rationality, and wants us to use it for that purpose to honor Him.

Other faiths tend to pit one against the other; intelligence against faith.

Yours is different.
Posted By Thomas Karp, New Haven, Ct.



 


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