Episode 199 The Fox, the Hedgehog, and Davidic Statesmanship
Paraphrasing a famous essay by Isaiah Berlin, we can say that David’s Psalms reveal how he knew one big thing, and also many other things.
In this podcast, Rabbi Soloveichik references two letters of Abraham Lincoln’s.
You can read Lincoln’s letter to Albert G. Hodges here.
You can read Lincoln’s letter to Eliza P. Gurney here.
Text: Psalms 4-7, 9, 11-12, 15, 17-18, 20-21
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