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The parsha begins with the directive: look! Pay attention, and choose what is good. We learn about the mitzvah to destroy idolatry and not to destroy that which is Divine. But why would we have to be instructed about such a thing? Rabbi Yishmael offers a novel understanding of the verse.
By Rabbi Yosef Marcus5
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The parsha begins with the directive: look! Pay attention, and choose what is good. We learn about the mitzvah to destroy idolatry and not to destroy that which is Divine. But why would we have to be instructed about such a thing? Rabbi Yishmael offers a novel understanding of the verse.