“…it’s vital to the definition of a Torah community that we think that knowing more Torah, in some way, privileges you in a values conversation…”

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I think, in a Torah community, it’s vital to the definition of a Torah community that we think that knowing more Torah, in some way, privileges you in a values conversation and that we all aspire to live our lives in the deepest Torah way we can. But also, and I think this is, perhaps, more in Modern Orthodoxy, that we also think that there is real value in making autonomous decisions.

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, “Is There Such a Thing as Modern Orthodox Psak?”, Lincoln Square Synagogue (5 May 2015) [Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKJXkKGSpys]

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