How did you derive your worldview? Was your worldview inherited and/or adopted or was it deliberately chosen through reflection and analysis? Or was it a combination of both adoption and volition? What were the strongest forces in shaping your worldview?
Rabbi Mark Goldfarb grew up in a Jewish home and went to temple services, participating in the various activities, youth groups, and holidays that they celebrated. After going through a difficult time in his life, his beliefs solidified and became his own. He attended seminary as well, which further developed his understanding and adoption of Judaism. The strongest forces that shaped Rabbi Goldfarb’s worldview, then, were growing up in Judaism, a challenge with his daughter’s health, and attending seminary. Therefore, Rabbi Goldfarb …show more content…
Though there are inherent self-contradictions between the two thinkers, Goldfarb has fused them together. This is, he said, one of the biggest dilemmas of Judaism for some people. However, for Rabbi Goldfarb, it means that his worldview is a self-perpetuating challenge between them, where he vacillates between the mystical and the logical, testing and refining his understanding of the harmony between them both.
Rabbi Goldfarb believes that this testing and examining of worldview is what God desires for us. God wants us to reflect and attempt to make sense of what we are and who we are becoming. Because of this, Rabbi Goldfarb believes it is important to make our worldview our own and not simply inherit it without testing it for ourselves. He explained that questioning everything is a very important aspect to Judaism -- perhaps even a cultural difference. “God wants us to challenge things”, he said, “that’s why we have a
Rabbi Mark Goldfarb grew up in a Jewish home and went to temple services, participating in the various activities, youth groups, and holidays that they celebrated. After going through a difficult time in his life, his beliefs solidified and became his own. He attended seminary as well, which further developed his understanding and adoption of Judaism. The strongest forces that shaped Rabbi Goldfarb’s worldview, then, were growing up in Judaism, a challenge with his daughter’s health, and attending seminary. Therefore, Rabbi Goldfarb …show more content…
Though there are inherent self-contradictions between the two thinkers, Goldfarb has fused them together. This is, he said, one of the biggest dilemmas of Judaism for some people. However, for Rabbi Goldfarb, it means that his worldview is a self-perpetuating challenge between them, where he vacillates between the mystical and the logical, testing and refining his understanding of the harmony between them both.
Rabbi Goldfarb believes that this testing and examining of worldview is what God desires for us. God wants us to reflect and attempt to make sense of what we are and who we are becoming. Because of this, Rabbi Goldfarb believes it is important to make our worldview our own and not simply inherit it without testing it for ourselves. He explained that questioning everything is a very important aspect to Judaism -- perhaps even a cultural difference. “God wants us to challenge things”, he said, “that’s why we have a