Day 3...

Over the hump...


One thing I've noticed about Hillel is the questions... such amazing questions, inspiring and provoking and curious and profane and ubiquitous...

but even more importantly... the astounding APPRECIATION of those amazing questions. The prominance placed on questioning/asking/provoking.

I cannot think of any other place I've been where, at the end of a panel or conversation or lecture, people run up to each other and say,

"That was such a good question!"

or

"Mazel Tov on your marvelous question!"

It's like the questions are more important than the subjects, because the dialogue/process is more important than any possible resolution. Pretty cool.

I think this must be a Jewishy theme, and I just never noticed it until now. Has anyone read Jabes? The Book of Questions? And then there's four questions at Pesach. Are there more? I love it.

Unfortunately, HILLEL could take a formal lesson from this informal exchange, and open/loosen the actual programming a bit. Because the lectures are full of official positions and platitudes, as corporate/organizations are want to be.

But behind closed doors, the questions are flying freely.

Watch out!!!