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How to Have a Good Argument (5:20)
Argumentation has become a lost art. Our society promotes uniformity and consensus, a monochromatic society where divergent ideas are shunned. This approach is antithetical to Torah. Our religion does not believe that your thinking should be outsourced to others. We do not believe that everyone ought to follow others like a flock of sheep. At Sinai, our Sages tell us, every one of the 600,00 souls present had a unique, tailored revelation. When you disagree with someone, you must not keep quiet and accept positions that we do not agree with. But you have to know how to have an argument. In…
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