Thoughts on Parashat Beha’alotcha
In the Bible, the Divine wrath is typically seen as a punishment, exerted on Israelites or other peoples. The same is true of this week’s Torah portion; however, there are nuances that make this story different from other biblical accounts of the Divine anger and punishment. The first thing worth noticing here is that if we slightly change the language and its underlying logic this particular Divine wrath can be[…]