Reply To: Who is Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

OFCOURSE OFCOURSE! my reference to Acher would only apply to someone like Lieberman who wrote a scholarly work (as opposed to philosophical thoughts), and also i wasn’t trying to learn practically what to do, i was just asking what you make of what R Meir did, it was a question of lamdus not halacha. I realize for one thing i’m not as great as R Meir to do what he did, i have no clue where the shell ends and the seeds start of the pomegranate that i could eat one and discard the other.

anyway what i’m hearing is that we dont study the works of Heschel because of his association with JTS, but many are saying that he was never really part of that world, and his association was vague and short lived at best, so i’m still confused, but then again i haven’t a realy taiveh to study his works, theres plenty for me to learn, so the whole reason i created this topic was to understand more about the man, and you’ve all helped me, so thanks 🙂 I prefer leaving it vague because i can judge him l’kaf zchus, but not study what he wrote (or recommend it) out of a concern.