Now who will you reach out to for partnership, and upon what ideals will you base your vision? If we wish to be better than our biblical ancestors, then we must never cease to ask ourselves these questions.
Where there is shame, there is anger. Where there is anger, there is a channel for action and for change.
* The attack was commanded by God as an act of vengeance because the Midianite nation had previously attacked the Israelites during times of vulnerability. The Midianite women had also desecrated the sanctity of Hashem by seducing Israelite men into idol worship, so their sexuality was perceived as especially dangerous.