A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY (PODCAST)
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How do we know if a “cohen” is actually a “cohen”? The answer is we can’t know and we don’t know. And yet, if someone self-identifies as a “cohen” we accept him as one. Rabbi Dunner charts a course through this fascinating halakhic topic, using Parshat Emor as his starting point, while shedding light on a variety of related issues.
There is a particular kind of self-destructive confidence that exists only at the very top of a brutal regime. It isn’t courage, and it certainly isn’t principle. It’s raw hubris,... Read More