Logic Of The Heart Logic Of The Mind. Wisdom and Reflections on Topics of our Times by Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik

Logic Of The Heart Logic Of The Mind. Wisdom and Reflections on Topics of our Times by Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik

Genesis Jerusalem Press 1991

Hardcover with DJ

196 pages

16 x 23 cm

540 grams 

fine condition

Ahron (Aaron) Soloveichik;  (May 1, 1917 - October 4, 2001) was a renowned scholar of Talmud, Halakha and a Rosh Yeshiva; known especially within circles of Orthodox Judaism.

THE TORAH CONTAINS both a logic of the mind and a logic of the heart; man is enjoined to employ both in the service of his Creator. Cognitive awareness of the Almighty's ways is acquired via logic of the mind, a cerebral process of engrossing oneself in Torah study in order to decipher the Divine design of this world. Logic of the heart is an emotional process requiring intuitive powers to comprehend that which the Torah does not say explicitly. God's scheme for Mankind can only be comprehended through a synthesis of both logic of the heart and logic of the mind. In Logic of the Heart, Logic of the Mind, Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik, one of this generation's most noted scholars, probes some of the most provocative and controversial challenges confronting Judaism today. Issues such as the relationship of Jews to non-Jews, the woman's role in Judaism, the Holocaust, the State of Israel, and many others are analyzed and elucidated with a candor and conviction heretofore unavailable to the English-speaking world. Logic of the Heart, Logic of the Mind also contains a detailed appreciation of the inner meaning of the festivals and how they affect the Jewish soul. The freedom of Passover, the joy of Sukkos and the quintessence of Yom Haatzma' ut are among the themes explored in this most enlightening book.