Path of Cruelty

We read in the Torah portion of Bechukotai (Vayikra 26:27-28), “If…you behave toward Me with casualness.  I will behave toward you with a fury of casualness.”  Regarding this verse, Rambam (a.k.a. Maimonides) elaborates in his Mishne Torah (Hilkhot Taaniyot 1:1-3): “It is a positive precept in the Torah to cry out and sound the trumpets for […]