“I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives to embrace. I gave you the house of Israel and the house of Y’hudah. And if that had been too little, I would have added to you a lot more.”-2 Samuel 12:8 Before we move any further with our discussion, I want you to notice […]

“I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives to embrace. I gave you the house of Israel and the house of Y’hudah. And if that had been too little, I would have added to you a lot more.”-2 Samuel 12:8 So when the Lord tells David… “And if that had been too little, […]

“I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives to embrace. I gave you the house of Isra’el and the house of Y’hudah. And if that had been too little, I would have added to you a lot more.”-2 Samuel 12:8 So the Lord’s divine rebuke towards David has begun. What does he start […]

“David exploded with anger against the man and said to Natan, ‘As Adonai lives, the man who did this deserves to die! For doing such a thing, he has to pay back four times the value of the lamb — and also because he had no pity.”-Samuel 12:5-6 After hearing Natan’s story, David, in a […]

“One day a traveler visited the rich man, and instead of picking an animal from his own flock or herd to cook for his visitor, he took the poor man’s lamb and cooked it for the man who had come to him.”-2 Samuel 12:4 Today, I wanna take a midrashic approach to verse 4 in […]