# From **The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton** by R Shnayor Burton. - **Published:** Fri, 23 May 2025 17:52:41 GMT - **Duration:** 01:09:28 - **Audio:** https://anchor.fm/s/fb5467c/podcast/play/103110651/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-4-23%2F400880823-44100-2-58bccdce97e21.mp3 - **Page:** https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shnayor-burton/episodes/S10--E1-In-Pursuit-of-Knowing-Hashem-Mans-True-Mission-e3396hr - **TorahApp:** https://torahapp.org/share/p/3P_r_shnayor_burton_great_sources/e/eae27049-02fa-44ab-b8ab-7cd6b396c249 What does it mean to truly know Hashem? A conversation with Zev Lowy about the prophetic ideal — and why it’s still the greatest mission of all.

0:00 Knowledge of Hashem is supposed to be the most fundamental subject for humanity but is seldom discussed

5:30 Knowledge of Hashem is not well defined. How can it perfect humanity? What should we do to promote it?

9:00 Should we articulate how knowledge of Hashem will solve all the world's problems?

15:00 Why people don't think about how knowledge of Hashem works

24:45 Should we seek knowledge of Hashem for any reason other than its own sake?

29:30 Is knowledge of Hashem effective if pursued for any reason other than its own sake?

33:30 The experience of relentlessly seeking knowledge of Hashem and how it changes a person fundamentally

36:45 What is lacking in Exodus, Exile and Redemption (here: https://open.substack.com/pub/shnayor/p/introduction-to-exodus-exile-and?r=111271&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false)? Where Rambam and Kabbalah part ways

41:00 Even Popperians talk about love and other intense experiences

44:00 Phenomenology and knowing Hashem

48:00 The theory of da'as Hashem

51:00 The notion of Pure Being and its power to inspire right action

57:00 Why it's important for people capable of it to understand da'as Hashem

1:01:00 Chasing beauty, wisdom, and knowledge of Hashem

1:04:00 Torah and practical wisdom

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