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Violence and the Sacred(Rabbi Sacks on Tzav, Covenant & Conversation)

The Office of Rabbi Sacks

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The Warlord's Honor by Michaelignatieff

Revenge is commonly regarded as a low and unworthy emotion. But revenge, morally considered, it is a desire to keep faith with the dead. This cycle of intergenerational recrimination has no logical end. Reconciliation has no chance against vengeance unless it respects the emotions that sustain vengeance.

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