As Israelis Await the Third Lebanon War, the West Has Already Bought into Their Enemies’ Propaganda
Border towns have seen a half-century of violence, and expect more.
September 13, 2021
Instead, they kiss and make up.
In the days leading up to Yom Kippur, tradition urges Jews to ask one another for forgiveness for wrongs and slights committed in the past, and likewise to forgive those who approach them with contrition. Yet, notes Joshua Berman, nowhere does the Tanakh state explicitly that one person has forgiven another. The Hebrew word meaning to forgive is in fact only used when God is doing the forgiving. Berman explains:
Border towns have seen a half-century of violence, and expect more.
Just a few days after a horrific bombing in Jerusalem.
Instead, they kiss and make up.
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In the days leading up to Yom Kippur, tradition urges Jews to ask one another for forgiveness for wrongs and slights committed in the past, and likewise to forgive those who approach them with contrition. Yet, notes Joshua Berman, nowhere does the Tanakh state explicitly that one person has forgiven another. The Hebrew word meaning to forgive is in fact only used when God is doing the forgiving. Berman explains:
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