Please learn this as a zechus for Eretz Yisrael our injured and fallen soldiers.
Near the end of Va’etchanan, so inconspicuously that we can sometimes miss it, is a statement with such far-reaching implications that it challenges the impression that has prevailed thus far in the Torah, giving an entirely new complexion to the biblical image of the people of Israel:
The L‑rd did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you are the fewest of all peoples.1
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
OU TORAH and CHABAD.ORG Va’etchanan (5772) Why Is the Jewish People So Small? By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Please learn this as a zechus for Eretz Yisrael our injured and fallen soldiers.
Near the end of Va’etchanan, so inconspicuously that we can sometimes miss it, is a statement with such far-reaching implications that it challenges the impression that has prevailed thus far in the Torah, giving an entirely new complexion to the biblical image of the people of Israel:
The L‑rd did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you are the fewest of all peoples.1
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