Emes Ve-Emunah: This means you're: Huh?

Friday, December 23, 2005

This means you're: Huh?

OK. Some blogs are offering this Orthodoxy test devised by nerdtests.com. So I decided to provide the link here for those interested. Here is the link:

NerdTests.com User Test: The Orthodoxy Test.

Here are my results:

Left Wing Modern Orthodox: 29%
Right Wing Modern Orthodox: 63%
Left Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 54%
Right Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 21%

The comments were:

This means you're: Huh?

What does it mean?

I give up. What are you?

I found this very accurate because as I have always said about myself that I am not peggable.

My outlook on Judaism is based mostly on the teachings of my primary Rebbe, Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik from whom I received my rabbinic ordination. It is also based on a search for spiritual truth. Among the various sources that put me on the right path, two great philosophic works stand out: “Halakhic Man” and “Lonely Man of Faith” authored by the pre-eminent Jewish philosopher and theologian, Rabbi, Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Of great significance is Rabbi, Dr. Norman Lamm's conceptualization and models of Torah U’Mada and Dr. Eliezer Berkovits who introduced me to the world of philosophic thought. Among my early influences were two pioneers of American Elementary Torah Chinuch, Rabbis Shmuel Kaufman and Yaakov Levi. The Yeshivos I attended were Yeshivas Telshe for early high school and more significantly, the Hebrew Theological College where for a period of ten years, my Rebbeim included such great Rabbinic figures as Rabbis Mordechai Rogov, Shmaryahu Meltzer, Yaakov Perlow, Herzl Kaplan, and Selig Starr. I also attended Roosevelt University where I received my Bachelor's Degree - majoring in Psychology.