Pinkhas: Silence as Protest
Modern readers are repelled by the violence found in Parashat Pinkhas. Rabbi Howard Cohen asks: is a form of protest embodied even in the Torah itself?
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Silence as Protest
Modern audiences are repelled by the violence found in Parashat Pinkhas. But is a form of protest embodied even in the Torah itself?
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