Tolerance of Difference
Towards the end of the Torah section of Beha’alotkha, after Miriam, with her brother Aaron’s consent, spoke disparagingly about Moses for distancing himself from his wife Tziporah, G-d rebukes them saying (Bamidbar 12:8), “Why did you not fear to speak about My servant, about Moses?” In his commentary on this verse, Rashi explains that G-d…