FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS (PODCAST)
Historical comparisons are a favorite exercise assigned by history lecturers for their students, who are asked to compare and contrast great personalities from history. A tougher assignment is to decide which of the two is greater than the other.
Rabbi Dunner cites a Midrash on Parshat Noach which unfavorably compares Noah with Moses, and offers the insightful explanation of Rabbi Meir Simha of Dvinsk, author of Meshekh Hokhma.
There is a curious anomaly in Parshat Ki Tavo: those who will adhere to God's Torah are promised to be "on the top," and also not "on the bottom." Why... Read More