Video: Rabbi Dr. J. Immanuel Schochet — What is Faith?
Watch this brilliant clip to learn what real faith is all about. It’s not blind belief and acceptance of information or values. Rabbi Dr. J. Immanuel Schochet illuminates the fundamental connection between faith and knowledge. True faith that is rooted in knowledge is exhibited in a person who synthesizes information and allows the logical consequences of this reality to have an affect on the way he or she lives.
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Spread the word!
We don’t ‘believe’ in Hashem!
Belief is emo
“Veyodaata hayom, vehashevoisa e.l levovecha ki Hashem Hu hoEloikim”
“And YOU will ‘KNOW/REALIZE’ (intellectually/actually) THIS day, and reinstate/dwell/instill it TO your ‘heart’, that/if/because HASHEM ‘HE’ (THIS one) is THE Eloikim (divine harmony?)!!!”
“Hu Eloikeinu”
“HE/THIS is Eloikeinu (divine harmony?)”
We KNOW/IDENTIFY (but not quantify) Hashem!
We can point out (also prove intellectually) Hashem.
We then instill this in our hearts.