The Eternal Lessons of the Second Inaugural

Lincoln's Second Inaugural, like the words of the biblical prophets, seeks to explain the designs of Providence in producing so much death and destruction. What lessons can we draw from Lincoln's analysis, and why have so many today forgotten his insights?

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Rabbi Meir Soloveichik
Meir Soloveichik is a senior fellow and contributor at Tikvah, the rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel, and the director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University. His many podcasts, video series, media appearances, and writings can be found at Ideas.Tikvah.org.

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The Eternal Lessons of the Second Inaugural

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Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

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The Eternal Lessons of the Second Inaugural

Taught By

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

The Eternal Lessons of the Second Inaugural

Taught By

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

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1 of 8 Exodus, the Presidential Seal, and the Civil War

2 of 8 Lincoln, Esther, and the Emancipation Proclamation

3 of 8 The Rabbinic Roots of the Gettysburg Address

4 of 8 The Almost Chosen People

5 of 8 General Grant and the Jews

6 of 8 When Lincoln Died on Passover

7 of 8 The Eternal Lessons of the Second Inaugural

8 of 8 Lincoln, Moses, and America

The Eternal Lessons of the Second Inaugural

Taught By

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

1 of 8 Exodus, the Presidential Seal, and the Civil War

2 of 8 Lincoln, Esther, and the Emancipation Proclamation

3 of 8 The Rabbinic Roots of the Gettysburg Address

4 of 8 The Almost Chosen People

5 of 8 General Grant and the Jews

6 of 8 When Lincoln Died on Passover

7 of 8 The Eternal Lessons of the Second Inaugural

8 of 8 Lincoln, Moses, and America

1 of 8 Exodus, the Presidential Seal, and the Civil War

2 of 8 Lincoln, Esther, and the Emancipation Proclamation

3 of 8 The Rabbinic Roots of the Gettysburg Address

4 of 8 The Almost Chosen People

5 of 8 General Grant and the Jews

6 of 8 When Lincoln Died on Passover

7 of 8 The Eternal Lessons of the Second Inaugural

8 of 8 Lincoln, Moses, and America

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