[Avodah] N'kom L'aynaynu

Lisa Liel via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Thu Oct 6 07:35:40 PDT 2016


On 10/6/2016 1:08 PM, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> You shifted from Divine Vengence to what we are commanded to do.
>
> C.f. "Hashem yi[n]qom damo".

I'm not convinced that this is a legitimate distinction.  Hashem refers 
to our attack on the Midianites as nikmat bnei Yisrael. Moshe refers to 
it as nikmat Hashem.  I think there are times when we are the vehicle of 
Hashem's vengeance.

Lisa



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