EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN
How did Pharaoh and his advisors think that they could overcome God just a week after their country had been devastated by the final plague, in which all the first-born had died? Rabbi Dunner shares a thought from Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky, who exposes the folly of emotionally driven decisions. Pharaoh was not thinking logically, and nor were his advisors.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) Yom Kippur can feel like a day to endure: fasting, confession, white garments, and hours in shul. But beneath the solemnity lies one of... Read More