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In Praise of Non-Conformity

Originally published in The Jewish Gazette, 5 January 1973. The Hasidic master Rabbi Menahem Mendel, of Kotzk, is reported to have said that he could not help admiring Pharaoh. Bloody tyrant though Pharaoh was, and for that reason to be condemned, one has to admit that he did not give in easily. A lesser creature would…

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