The Spirituality of Listening (Eikev, Covenant & Conversation)
The Office of Rabbi Sacks
00:00
The Importance of Listening
We can't see a God who cannot be represented visually. The act of making a graven image, a visual symbol is a form of idolatry. Rabbi David Cohen pointed out that all the metaphors are understanding are based not on seeing, but on hearing. For the Greeks, the ideal form of knowledge involved detachment. But speaking and listening are not forms of detachment; they are forms of engagement. They create a relationship.
Transcript
Play full episode
