Podcasts religion Time for Torah: By Rabbi Elimelech Kohn Zt"l Parshas Shoftim: Desensitized - Feeling Jewish Pain

Parshas Shoftim: Desensitized - Feeling Jewish Pain

Published: Sept. 5, 2024, 5:38 a.m.

Shiur from Rabbi Elimelech Kohn Ztl on \u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea \u05e9\u05d5\u05e4\u05d8\u05d9\u05dd.\nDiscussed:

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  • The Yalkut and Zohar bring a Medrash where Malachaim questioned Hashem why the Torah has more compassion for animal blood than Jewish blood. Hashem's response is alluded to in a Pasuk at the beginning of the Parsha.
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  • R' Chatzkel Levenstein encouraged the Bochurim to feel the fear and anguish of their fellow Jews as if the Yeshiva was physically at the battlefields.
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  • This lesson of sensitivity is the reason why Eglah Arufa is interposed during the discussion of war to re-sensitize us to the preciousness of one human life even in the midst of battle.
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