WE’RE ALWAYS STANDING
Parshat Nitzavim is always read on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashana. According to Rabbi Dunner’s grandfather, the Mikdash Halevi, this is not random. The first few words contain an essential message for the start of the New Year, and important lessons for Yamim Noraim.
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