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If we compare the p’sukim regarding Avraham and David, we will find a small, but perhaps significant difference. Regarding Avraham, the order is: charity first and justice second. In contrast, regarding David, justice precedes charity. In the few dozen places in Tanach where the combination appears, usually in regard to the behavior expected of a G-d fearing person, justice almost always comes first, following the David model. One of the notable exceptions is where the subject of the pasuk is Hashem. Hashem is described as, "He loves charity and justice; the kindness of Hashem fills the world" (Tehillim 33:5). (This pasuk is apparently the basis of the beracha, "melech ohev tzedakah u’mishpat.") Indeed, Avraham is described as keeping the way of Hashem, which puts charity before judgment.
Let us now try to put the matter in perspective. David served as king and was required to judge between one person and another. His job was thus to make just decisions, which reflected the truth as to who deserved what. Even within this context, he realized the importance of having an element of charity (if the sides agreed) to make the judgment more palatable to the litigants and increase peaceful relations. Regarding Hashem and His "disciple," Avraham, the idea is to do charity whenever possible. However, if one were to do only charity and not demand any accountability, the world would be out of control. Thus, the desire for charity must be tempered by an element of judgment.
S’dom and its surroundings had reached the point where judgment was needed to put an end to the spiraling moral deterioration. Hashem allowed Avraham to try to arrive at charity within a framework of justice. It is noteworthy that Avraham did not say, "They are without virtue, but please have mercy on them anyway." Rather, he devised a judicial claim that it was unjust to destroy the cities if they contained a minimum of righteous inhabitants. When this claim proved untenable, even the charitable Avraham had no recourse but to accept Divine justice as Hashem proposed.
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Chukat "HOW ENTEBBE STOLE THE BICENTENNIAL
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As we approach America's 250th birthday, it's worth remembering her 200th Bicentennial birthday, on Jul. 4th 1976, when Israel "stole the show" by shocking the world & miraculously saving 101 hostages in a foreign continent. As Pres. As Pres. Trump decides which countries get priority in his new Middle-East, it's worth reminding him of the difference between historic events and eternally historic ones. This obviously connects with this week's parsha, as well!
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This may be the most important class of the entire book, where we finally get to the Jewish proof of the existence of G-d and truth of the Torah. We should follow His own direction where He tells us how to get to Him: through the Nation of Israel: Jewish history, Jewish prophets (and today, prophecies fulfilled), and national reward & punishment towards Am Yisrael.
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Rav Kook innovatively and beautifully explains this aggadeta where our sages say that after Jerusalem was destroyed her cinnamon fragrance is only found locked in a particular kingdom's treasury.
