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.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) There are some forms of ancient pagan worship described by classical rabbinic sources that are so bizarre you could be forgiven for assuming they... Read More