Silence In Chaim Potok's The Chosen

Is silence considered a valuable, acceptable way of raising a child in the Hasidic Jewish faith? Danny's father seems to believe that in this way he teaches his son the importance of soul and compassion over intelligence. Silence is the lack of audible sound or presence of sounds of very low intensity. By analogy, the word silence can also refer to any absence of communication or hearing, including in media other than speech and music. Chaim Potok’s working title for The Chosen could may have been A Time for Silence. This type of language is present throughout the novel, although its importance is obscure until the novel’s resolution.
Silence is alternately frightening, confusing, warm, and welcome, but it always leads to introspection, allowing