tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post4310369682888784332..comments2024-03-28T06:54:57.473+02:00Comments on Kotzk Blog: 138) BAAL SHEM TOV EXPLAINS HIS INITIAL LACK OF TORAH EDUCATION (And other fascinating letters):Rabbi Gavin Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14410541880380752479noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post-28212151274403670212017-08-14T19:21:32.705+02:002017-08-14T19:21:32.705+02:00Thank you for that, mitnad. There is, however a th...Thank you for that, mitnad. There is, however a third option; This is my current theory - that the relaibility of the letters is achnowledged but because they are so frank and often not what we were brought up believing from stories around the table - that it is easier to cast aspersions on the material. If they were forged as a means of making money by selling them to Chassidic Courts, as alleged, why place the financial gain in jeopardy by revealing these sometimes uncomfortable writings?<br /><br />For your question about 'Adam', see some interesting views in KOTZK BLOG 119 - CHASSIDISM - A RUSSIAN CONNECTION?<br /> Kotzk Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249905502266813412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post-45912180422238639442017-08-13T23:51:51.945+02:002017-08-13T23:51:51.945+02:00You pursue an eclectic course. Those who might hav...You pursue an eclectic course. Those who might have an interest in the matter question the authenticity and reliability of the letters and those who don’t have an interest don’t really care one way or the other.<br />It was however interesting to see how the Baal Shem Tov professed to a lack of education. It is interesting to note that from the time of Dwight Moody to the current evangelists such as Billy Graham, Oral Roberts, Jim Baker and numerous others including South Africa’s Angus “mighty men” Buchan were /are also of limited education- certainly at least when they were building up a following and as they started off . They all had/have millions of followers. A case of the common man knowing what the common man wants?<br /> (Question; Just how kosher was the name Adam in the Jewish community at the time the Baal Shem Tov was around?)<br />mitnadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781738510135641564noreply@blogger.com