Saul was told to kill the king and get rid of all the Amalekites, but he doesn't do that. The idea that your enemies have to be dispatched or at least effectively subdued was something that Saul didn't have the stomach for. So if you want to attribute that to the fact that David listened to God and that the Psalms are in fact an expression of David's soul, I don't have a problem with that. If you want to be a pragmatist about it and just look at results, soI would say that's how you judge the success of a leader, then and now.
Named one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of our time, Rabbi David Wolpe joins Tyler in a conversation on flawed leaders, Jewish identity in the modern world, the many portrayals of David, what’s missing in rabbinical training, playing chess on the Sabbath, Srugim, Hasidic philosophy, living in Israel and of course, the durability of creation.
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