Discussion about this post

User's avatar
I Read This Over Shabbos's avatar

Definitely a thought provoking piece.

Something is inevitably lost in any translation, let alone a translation to a different medium.

The question is whether there is an option here to not have Torah ideas spread in all of the different ways mentioned above. And the answer is no. Theoretically, if it would be possible to limit or ban the spread of Torah ideas through social media should it be done? No. Of course not. The ones who are learning from the source will continue to learn from the source (BH!), but if there are Jews on all these platforms anyway, shouldn't they be exposed to some Torah as well, even if it is a "watered down" version?

But as you so beautifully say, "We must meet the Torah at its entry point into our world to engage with it. The moment we sever that connection and detach it from its anchoring, it ceases to be Torah. We may speak with elegance, diction, and guile, but our utterances will not be holy."

Also, it sounds like you have experience wrestling octopi- are they as smart as people say they are?

Expand full comment
1 more comment...

No posts