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Information is not intelligence.

  • By Rabbi Landau
  • Duration: 49 seconds
Information is not intelligence.

Rabbi Landau teaches Information is not intelligence.

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Information is not intelligence.

You can collect endless facts and still understand nothing.
A mind grows when it struggles, questions, fails, and tries again.

Our sages said:

אֵין אָדָם עוֹמֵד עַל דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן נִכְשַׁל בָּהֶם

A person does not truly grasp Torah until they have stumbled over it.

And King Solomon said:

רֵאשִׁית חָכְמָה קְנֵה חָכְמָה, וּבְכָל קִנְיָנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָה

Acquire wisdom, but above all, acquire understanding.

Stop collecting answers.
Start wrestling with questions.

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