Anonymous

Posted as a comment to my previous post:
anonymous said...
"The Enemy Within" - Rabi (sic) Twerski -
Those who believe have no questions and for those who don't believe there are no answers!!

If you believe so strongly in beliefs, what do you think of a little boy born to Muslim fascists and grows up believing he should kill people? If there is something wrong with his beliefs that his parents taught him, maybe there's something wrong with your beliefs that your parents taught you. ( "Ah, but my beliefs are true...") And if there is nothing wrong with his beliefs of blowing people up, then I don't want to have anything to do with something so destructive as belief. Not even your so innocently *true* ones.

The problem, as I see it, is that you're reading Rabbi Twerski before reading more fundamental works, such as the Tanya. If you would flip it open to chapter 18 you would come to understand the Jewish definition of belief, and then maybe you wouldn't be so prone to take Rabbi Twerski's words so grossly out of context.

Belief, or Faith, according to Judaism, is discovering one's-self. If you apply this principle to the subject at hand, you will find that Faith will actually substantiate my view, as was mentioned in another comment, that the "depth (core) of a Chassid is Rebbe." A Chassid who believes, i.e. discovers his core, has found the Rebbe.

In this light, allow me to quote from Rabbi Twerski (albeit out of context): "Those who believe have no questions and for those who don't believe there are no answers."