[Avodah] RSRH about Shimon and Levi

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, December 15, 2008 7:34 pm, Yitzhak Grossman wrote:
: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:46:02 +1100
: "Meir Rabi" <meirabi at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
: ...
:> Perhaps the response was ... a matter of survival - If we allow
this to
:> go unpunished then we will certainly be seen as easy prey and attacked
:> from all quarters....

: This is exactly how Or Ha'Haim understands Shimon and Levi's
position...

Yaaqov avinu understood their position to be anger. "Ki be'apam
hareggu ish..." (Bereishis 49:7) How does that fit giving their
actions a positive / constructive spin?

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-micha

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