My dear cantoresq,
I believe we’ve come to the end of the line.
Although I have what to respond to your most recent post, it is becoming abundantly clear that we are doing no more than spinning our wheels. (I think this may be one point we can agree on).
Someone once asked the Vilna Gaon why he refused to meet a particular individual with whom he vehemently disagreed, after all if he’d meet him, perhaps he would be able to show him the error of his ways.
The Gaon responded as follows:
“It is in my power, through the use of kabbalistic formulations, to pull the sun & moon out of the sky & place them right here on the table. Now, if I can do it, then certainly Shimon HaTzadik could have done it. If so, why didn’t Shimon HaTzadik call in Aristotle, put the sun & moon on the table & show him, once & for all, the truth of the Torah”?
“The answer is, if somebody has a “????”, then even if you pull the sun & the moon out of the sky in front of their eyes – they won’t change their mind”.
Cantoresq,
It seems as though the Gaon knew what he was talking about.
With much pain in my heart I wish you the best & leave you with these very painful words of the Chazon Ish dealing with just our discussion brought in Kovetz Igros Chazon Ish, Chelek Gimmel, letter 92
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signing off with a heavy heart & a prayer on my lips,
notpashut