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Vayeishev: The Great Compromisers (2025-12-09)

Vayeishev: The Great Compromisers (2025-12-09)

Update: 2025-12-09
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In this class we discuss Judah's proposal to his brothers to sell Joseph rather than kill him. Our discussion involves two of our favorite themes:  the question of the legitimacy of moral compromise when moral absolutism seems infeasible, and the moral ambiguity frequently present in Biblical narrative.

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Vayeishev: The Great Compromisers (2025-12-09)

Vayeishev: The Great Compromisers (2025-12-09)

Rabbi Yitzhak Grossman