Interesting to think about squaring this with Sacks' assertion in The Home We Build Together that the bible includes "insistence on the non-negotiable dignity of the individual" due to Btzelem Elohim. Why is it that oneness in sin can override the 'non-negotiable' quality of individual dignity? Perhaps it suggests that the notion of dignity Sacks invokes is slightly different to the one we'd expect of him?
I think you are right that the dimension discussed here from the Rebbe's essay does not feature prominently or at all in Sacks' writings. What I tried to suggest is that leaves a blind spot regarding sinful collectives and covenants. If we however appreciate the sanctity of oneness regardless of its virtues, then it makes the blind spot less relevant.
The 'beyond good and evil' dimension of the Jew is a dominant feature of the Rebbe's thought which rarely finds expression in Sacks but does, in my opinion, inform him. It definitely comes up in his discussions of Teshuvah.
Interesting to think about squaring this with Sacks' assertion in The Home We Build Together that the bible includes "insistence on the non-negotiable dignity of the individual" due to Btzelem Elohim. Why is it that oneness in sin can override the 'non-negotiable' quality of individual dignity? Perhaps it suggests that the notion of dignity Sacks invokes is slightly different to the one we'd expect of him?
I think you are right that the dimension discussed here from the Rebbe's essay does not feature prominently or at all in Sacks' writings. What I tried to suggest is that leaves a blind spot regarding sinful collectives and covenants. If we however appreciate the sanctity of oneness regardless of its virtues, then it makes the blind spot less relevant.
The 'beyond good and evil' dimension of the Jew is a dominant feature of the Rebbe's thought which rarely finds expression in Sacks but does, in my opinion, inform him. It definitely comes up in his discussions of Teshuvah.