PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Rabbi Dunner presents an array of beautiful insights regarding two of the mitzvot in Ki Teitzei, using his grandfather’s sefer, Mikdash Halevi. The first mitzva addresses the desire of an active combat soldier to marry a captive girl encountered in the midst of war. The second is about a wayward child. What are the lessons of these obsolete mitzvot for us today?
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