SAY SOMETHING NICE (VIDEO)
In Parshat Shemini, why does the Torah feel the need to find something positive to say about animals that aren’t kosher? The Midrash answers this question, and Rabbi Dunner adds a stunning story from the revered Mirrer mashgiach, Rav Chatzkel Levenstein z”l, which beautifully illustrates the point.
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