The Holiness of Not Knowing | Foundations of Chassidic Spirituality #2 |
About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of acknowledging our own ignorance in spiritual growth, as taught by Reb Shlomo and the Baal Shem Tov.
The holiest thing you can say is I don't know. Reb Shlomo teaches something that cuts right to the heart of what it means to be a spiritual person. We spend so much energy thinking we know what other people need. What their tikkun is. What mussar they need to hear. What they should do with their lives. But here's the truth. We barely know ourselves. The Baal Shem Tov was choosing a son in law. He sent a great tzaddik to test Reb Tzvi. The tzaddik asked him questions on every masechta, ever...
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