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\u201cAll of Your children (<\/span>banayich<\/span><\/em>) are students of God; great is the peace of Your children\u201d (Isaiah 54:13).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In Gemara Berachot (64a) <\/span>Rabbi Elazar says in the name of Rabbi Haninah that this phrase refers to Torah scholars increasing peace in the world. <\/span>Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook questioned this position, suggesting that it seemed counterintuitive considering the prevalence of disagreement among Torah scholars. How can such differences of opinion generate peace? He answers that it is precisely these differences that lead to truth, which in turn results in complete peace, noting that the word \u201c<\/span>shalom<\/span><\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/i> means both peace and completeness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rav Kook\u2019s insight goes further. It is not just that divergent viewpoints <\/span>can<\/span><\/em> result in complete understanding, he says, but that<\/span> those differing voices are a <\/span>necessity<\/span><\/em> to complete understanding, because in each opinion, even when they are contradictory, is a kernel of truth. When fitted together in the right way, they complete a full picture.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rabbi Haninah, there, emphasized that we should read the word <\/span>banayich<\/span><\/em>, \u201cchildren,\u201d as <\/span>bonayich<\/span><\/em>, \u201cbuilders.\u201d Rav Kook further elucidated that just <\/span>as \u201ca building is erected from all sides, using a variety of materials and skills\u201d, so too, \u201cthe whole truth is constructed from diverse views, opinions, and methods of analysis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This is not to say that every single opinion warrants a voice. Some voices should, in fact, be silenced. Those that speak hatred with intent to perpetuate divisiveness or speak for purposes of self-aggrandizement do not contribute to <\/span>shalom<\/em> <\/span>\u2013 either complete truth or peace. Verse 54:13 includes the words, \u201cyour children (who) <\/span>are students of God<\/span><\/em>.\u201d Rather than aiming to be non-inclusive this conditional wording puts parameters around the kinds of voices that contribute to <\/span>shalom<\/span><\/em>. In a traditional context, for example, the disagreements of Hillel and Shamai, two Torah scholars authentically seeking knowledge, resulted in deeper understanding of Torah, while the cynical challenges posed by Korach (Numbers 16), were voiced in opposition to Moses only to further Korach\u2019s own agenda, and did not contribute to shalom.<\/span><\/p>\n

This idea of a framework for divergent voices might serve to help us be more cognizant of the intent of the multitude of voices we hear and foster more open-minded listening to those who sincerely seek understanding. Their questions and assumptions, even when uncomfortable for us to hear, may include grains of truth that need to be integrated, through honest conversation, to arrive at shalom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":68197,"id":68197,"title":"is54-children","filename":"is54-children.png","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is54-children.png","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/all-your-children\/is54-children\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is54-children","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":68195,"date":"2020-01-06 07:34:44","modified":"2020-01-06 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