Rav Hirsch shlit"a Shares Remark from U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee
During a recent meeting, a senior American diplomat emphasized that while an army is essential, without spirituality a nation cannot endure.
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Rabbi Hirsch recounted his conversation with former U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, noting a striking comment made by one of the senior figures in the American Embassy. “Of course a country needs an army,” the diplomat said, “but without spirituality there is no nation. You need both.” Rabbi Hirsch remarked that even this non-Jew understood the simple truth: without spirituality, everything is nothing.