From the fascinating though tragic stories in Eichah (read tonight Tisha B’av) “compassionate women cooked their children (for food)” the obvious question is, if they were compassionate how could they cook their children?
By zevi770 · July 15, 2013
The answer is both simple and profoundly revealing – a person in the throes of pain, be it psychological or physical, loses their compassion and goes into animalistic survival mode