Tag: parsha
Phineas: violence and peace in one person?
Hillel GoldbergJul 28, 2016
person, driven by war and by peace. G-d, driven by jealousy and appeased by violence. Extremes: Phineas, who commits murder and is rewarded with a covenant of peace. A...
Balak and Balaam
Hillel GoldbergJul 21, 2016
are Balak and Balaam, the gentile king and the gentile prophet, thrust onto the stage of Jewish history? What do they illuminate, these men of strange motives? Do...
