Acharei Mot – Kedoshim 5781: Live with a Vengeance!
Acharei Mot-Kedoshim (Leviticus 16-20)
GOOD MORNING! This past week, Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility suffered a major attack in which a large explosion destroyed a number of centrifuges used to enrich uranium, as well as the independent – and heavily protected – internal power system that supplied power to the underground centrifuges.
Iran responded with their usual bloodthirsty calls for revenge and retribution. Yawn. Whatever. Perhaps the only thing Iran has perfected over the last two decades is irrelevant and empty threats of retaliation. Still, it did cause me to reflect on the nature of revenge and what drives it.