A Passion for Truth

A Passion for Truth (1973)

This book was published posthumously and is significantly autobiographical. It compares and contrasts the life and thought of the enigmatic Hasidic Rebbe Menahem Mendl of Kotzk with that of the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. A secondary contrast that is that between the Baal Shem Tov (considered the founder of Hasidism) and the Kotzker Rebbe, a duality that Heschel maps onto the mind and soul.

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This framework - inspired by Heschel's radical amazement with the world in its entirety - is most likely why I became the person I am today. Sofia Freudenstein The idea of revelation as a partnership to which both God and the people Israel make a contribution is at the core of Heschel's theology. Dr. Benjamin Sommer Had it not been for him, I would have done less, cared less, thought less, lived less. Rabbi Michael Marmur, PhD