Shalom and blessings.
Tonight on Web Yeshiva, we will consider Natan haNavi, one of the prophets who served in the time of King David. We will look at the famous ‘allegory of ‘the King, the Poor Man and the Lamb’ and how the prophet uses this ‘literary device’ and how it relates the statement of the Talmud that an allegory, or mashal in Hebrew, is 1/60th of Divine Inspiration and why the ‘story’ is the appropriate vehicle to deliver such a message to the King. Furthermore, Rabbi Nachman’s teaching on how a person can be punished with or without his knowledge helps us further understand how the mechanism of human speech is one of the ways Hashem communicates to us, ‘whether we know it or not.’
Looking forward to being with you this evening.
Avraham Shira