Oct. 27, 2023

Journeying with Avraham: The Power of Thinking and Inquiry in Realizing Divine Truths

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Season 5

Imagine a time before tradition, before teachers, before religious doctrine was handed down from generation to generation. Now, imagine a man within this era, Abraham, who began his journey to the realization of one God solely through his relentless quest for understanding the divine force behind life and the universe. This episode promises to take you on that fascinating journey, exploring how Abraham's mastery of thinking, inquiring, and probing led him to religious realizations and, eventually, to become the father of many nations.

We unfold the story of Abraham, underscoring the significance of correct thinking and how, if used correctly, it can lead us to God. We discuss how Abraham’s story encourages us to think, probe, question, and use our minds to connect with our faith, our families, and our responsibilities in life. Abraham, through his intellect and questioning, achieved feats that very few have. Learn from his journey and discover how thinking and inquiring can lead to a deeper understanding of our faith and purpose. So tune in, think, probe, challenge, and ready yourself to be inspired.

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Abraham was bold.

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Abraham was a true iconoclast.

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He was and is the pillar of kindness.

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Achnoses Orchem treated his family, his wife, with perfect meadows.

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He spread Hashem's Torah throughout the world.

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He's the father of the Jewish people and really the father of a multitude of nations.

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Abraham and William, even the Muslims and the Christians are bani Avraham.

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But we've had great thinkers, great seekers, great movers, great shakers.

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We've had people that have spread Torah and had great meadows and showed superlative kindness.

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What makes Avraham that one?

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The lone wolf sits on top of the mountain.

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It's truly, truly different and special.

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Perhaps you will say it is that he was the first to recognize Hashem, but that is indeed not true.

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Ramam tells us that Noah Aver Hanukh they all knew of Hashem.

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So what makes Avraham Avraham Avino Avraham?

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Our father, the Ramam, tells us that when Avraham was three years old, he began to lecitate bedaito.

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He began to think, to probe, to inquire, to question.

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Incessantly, throughout the days, throughout the nights, ramam writes the beginning of the laws of idolatry.

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It's a must read.

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And eventually, after he was Tomma, he would ask who is running this place?

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There's got to be someone in control, someone that brings life to it, the energy behind it.

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Until he had the aha moment.

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There is one boy, ray Ailam, and then he spread that throughout the world.

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Avraham came to this realization without a misoorah, without a Rebbe, without tradition, without being taught what to think or what is the truth.

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The Ramam tells us that it was through his own sechel and his own probing.

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It really does show us that, with perfect shurning of one's mind, being attentive to detail and inquiring deeper and mastering the art of das and sechel, you end up with Tyra.

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Do we properly understand what it means to think and to use our brain and to inquire?

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The Gammar tells us that even Arav Tav Shillin was kept by Avram Avini.

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He kept all the mitzvos, and how did he come to the realization that shaking a lulav on the fifteenth of Tishrei is the Rathunashem and should be done?

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Not sure, but it was because of sechel and his thinking and his das.

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If Hutner was asked what's safer, somebody should learn while they're traveling, commuting, to work on the train he said no, it would be terrible to waste the time, even in a safer.

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That's a perfect time to actually think and sit and have das and think about where you're going in life, and think about what Hashem is and connecting yourself with Hashem and your family and your obligations.

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Using our brains, using our sechel, is what separates us and it seems that sechel, done right, will actually lead us to Hashem.

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So think, probe, inquire, question and use that brain.