WHEN POWER BECOMES BLIND
As Iran’s leaders double down on repression, the …
An episode of the Deeper Look At The Parsha podcast, hosted by Rabbi Pini Dunner, titled "WHEN POWER BECOMES BLIND" was published on January 15, 2026 and runs 8 minutes.
January 15, 2026 ·8m · Deeper Look At The Parsha
Summary
As Iran’s leaders double down on repression, the echoes from history are chilling. From Napoleon to Hitler, and Pharaoh at the beginning of Sefer Shemot, dictators consistently overestimate their power even as it erodes—until reality inevitably breaks through. Rabbi Dunner examines why tyranny so often escalates just before collapse, and how the Torah anticipated this dynamic thousands of years ago.