Group action -- yes; group thinking -- no - Norman Lamm

This principle of unity of the whole along with respect for individual differences is symbolized … in the Mishkan, the Tabernacle.

Each of us must have tucked away in some corner of his and her brain a contrarian -- or ipkha mistabra -- compartment whose function it is to seek out views other than those we readily consent to because they swarm around us. The devil’s advocate can well turn out to be an angelic emissary. And swimming against the stream may be the best way to avoid drowning.

Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study.