In this powerful talk, Rabbi Sholom Lipskar, founder and spiritual leader of The Shul of Bal Harbor and The Aleph Institute—dedicated to the welfare of prisoners and their families, and U.S. military servicepeople—establishes that morality must be grounded in divine command, not just human reasoning.
Nazi Germany demonstrates that even a culturally and intellectually sophisticated society can commit unspeakable atrocity. Morality is sustained by the simple acceptance of super-rational divine commands. Without that grounding, human rationality can be corrupted by ego, pride, and hatred.
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