# True Blindness | June 30, 2026

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Podcast: [The Daily Derech from Exploring Judaism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-derech-from-exploring-judaism-7726833)
Published: 2026-06-30T09:00:00+00:00
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Here's a summary that follows your requested format and stays within the 120–150 word limit. In this episode of The Daily Derech, Rabbi Marcus Rubenstein explores Parashat Pinchas, Hilchot Kriyat Shema, and a teaching from Menorat HaMaor about divine justice and trusting God’s moral order. In the Me’am Loez section, Rabbi Rubenstein shares a Zoharic tradition describing Pinchas’ fear after killing Zimri and Cozbi and its connection to the souls of Nadav and Avihu. He explains how this mystical teaching presents Pinchas’ act as a rectification of their earlier mistake, highlighting the complexity of uncommanded actions done for the sake of Heaven. In the Rambam section, he explains that one fulfills the mitzvah of Shema even if interrupted between sections or recited while drowsy, provided the first verse is said with proper concentration. In the Menorat HaMaor section, Rabbi Rubenstein explains that the apparent success of the wicked can create spiritual blindness. The teaching encourages trusting God’s justice rather than judging righteousness solely by immediate results. Learn more at exploringjudaism.org/thedailyderech and reach out to Rabbi Rubenstein here .

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