#553: Nature or Nurture?
Rashi on the Second Haftarah of Admonition
וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ נְטַעְתִּ֣יךְ שׂוֹרֵ֔ק כֻּלֹּ֖ה זֶ֣רַע אֱמֶ֑ת וְאֵיךְ֙ נֶהְפַּ֣כְתְּ לִ֔י סוּרֵ֖י הַגֶּ֥פֶן נׇכְרִיָּֽה׃
I planted you with noble vines,
All with choicest seed;
Alas, I find you changed
Into a base, an alien vine!
Gimme Some Torah #553
There used to be a fierce debate about the relative impact that genetics and …
