#321: Why Does God Allow Nuclear Weapons?

Radak on Haftarat Re'eh, Yishaiyahu/Isaiah 54:16

Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, c. 1950. Public Domain.

Gimme Some Torah #321

Yishaiyahu/Isaiah 54:16

הִנֵּ֤ה אָנֹכִי֙ בָּרָ֣אתִי חָרָ֔שׁ נֹפֵ֙חַ֙ בְּאֵ֣שׁ פֶּחָ֔ם וּמוֹצִ֥יא כְלִ֖י לְמַעֲשֵׂ֑הוּ

וְאָנֹכִ֛י בָּרָ֥אתִי מַשְׁחִ֖ית לְחַבֵּֽל

It is I who created the smith
To fan the charcoal fire
And pr…