Sunday, January 20, 2019

Torah Man, Not Statesman

Rav Hirsch as part of his polemics against the Reform points out that we see Moshe Rabbenu isn't the best organizer and statesman.  The Torah points out to us that the great Moshe Rabbenu, the one who gives us the Torah, needs to learn how to judge the people from an outsider, his father-in-law.  Rav Hirsch says the Torah tells us this for we see from here that Moshe Rabbenu couldn't have  made up the Torah, he didn't have the head to be make parliamentary rules, obviously it must be a heavenly "rulebook" from Hashem.  Anyway, clearly Rav Hirsch is distinguishing between the one who learns Torah and the statesman, ויש בזה כמה נ"מ ודו"ק וד"ל. 

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