Wednesday 4 December 2013

yoma 22

every leader needs a shameful past, to keep them in line and stop them being too arrogant.

(King Saul did not establish a regal dynasty because his ancestry was impeccable. David on the other hand was the descendent of various dodgy sexual encounters. This shameful past is described in the talmud as 'a box of creeping animals')

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