Talmud Class: What Do We Learn From the Corruption of King Solomon?




From the Bimah: Jewish Lessons for Life show

Summary: <p>Should we be judged on the basis of our finest moments, our worst moments, or our final moments? Do our worst moments vitiate our finest? Or should we properly consider our worst moments part of a complex package of our flawed humanity—but without the power to diminish the good we have also done? Case in point: King Solomon, who starts out so bright, and ends up thoroughly corrupted.</p>