One evening when I got home, I asked him how his day had gone, and this is what he said. "I felt that the girl sitting next to me didn't understand what the teacher had said, but she didn't raise her hand, so I did and asked the teacher to repeat. This time, the girl understood. "
Imagine the joy I felt listening to that speech.
There's so much to know, because that's how we grow, understand and appreciate life. It's by asking questions that we learn. I know that shyness prevents some children from asking, which is why I recommend that parents teach their children not to be shy in class. I know it's not easy, but I think it's essential.
If you look at the history of the world, many personalities have used the word "question". Machiavelli was one of them when he said: "The duty of a prince is to resolve questions before the emotions of his subjects have rendered them insoluble".
Among other issues, Reflections on the Jewish Subject was a ubiquitous question. Here's an intelligent take on it: In the Europe of the second half of the nineteenth century, Zionism first appeared as a response to the secularization of Jewish identity. In the century of nationalities, and in the wake of the French Revolution, Zionism answered the question of how to remain Jewish when distanced from the Torah: through nationhood. Years later, at the start of celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Hebrew state, Zionism answered the question of how to remain Jewish when distanced from Torah: through the nation. In a politically tense period for the country, the historian explains what Zionism is and all the questions Israel faces today.
How many times have you been approached by a stranger who says: "I'd like to ask you a question"? In other words, the world is full of people with many questions, and the beauty of it is that they all want answers. However, there are certainly more questions than answers.
To conclude, I'd like to ask another question: "Do we always have to live with unanswered questions?
