Chukat
Chukat
Misplaced sympathy, when history is a mystery
In this week’s parshah, the Jews engage in diplomacy and ask Sichon the King of the Amorites for safe passage through his land. He refuses, gathers his army to destroy the Jews and ends up being conquered. Read More
Knowing the Unknown
Embracing mystery.
Donald Rumsfeld gave this as part of an answer at a U.S. Department of Defense news briefing in February 2002 regarding the Iraq war and W.M.D.s
“Because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things that we know that we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know”. Read More
Misplaced sympathy, when history is a mystery
In this week’s parshah, the Jews engage in diplomacy and ask Sichon the King of the Amorites for safe passage through his land. He refuses, gathers his army to destroy the Jews and ends up being conquered. Read More
Knowing the Unknown
Embracing mystery.
Donald Rumsfeld gave this as part of an answer at a U.S. Department of Defense news briefing in February 2002 regarding the Iraq war and W.M.D.s
“Because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things that we know that we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know”. Read More
