The true distinction between kindness(good) and evil(cruelty)
By zevi770 · June 29, 2015
One of the hardest things to distinguish, is between light and darkness
When God made the world, he created light and darkness
We all think we know – but let’s see
This light and darkness, explain the commentators, was not physical (as the sun and moon were created on the fourth day) rather as the foremost commentator Rashi explains, “These are the deeds of the righteous and the deeds of the wicked (kindness or cruelty”)
So a simple question would be, as Freud comments: if we all (for example) admire Nelson Mandela, why wouldn’t any of us sit for 27 years; if admire mother Theresa, why don’t any of us also open free clinics?
It seems we have a schizophrenic persona, for we also find mobsters appealing.
Who are we?
The answer is, that the light and darkness, kindness and cruelty is found within