Aug 2, 2026 · 4 min · 5 segments
Is the perfect man tough and dominant, or gentle and self-controlled? Rabbi Shlomo Levin looks at a 59-country study linking "manosphere" pressure to unhappiness, two classic Jewish jokes about the…
Shlomo LevinHost
So what is the proper definition of the perfect man, supine or belligerent? Two thousand years ago, the sages of the Talmud asked a seemingly simple question: Who is truly strong? The answer seemed obvious.
Instead, they said that the definition of strength is the ability to control and restrain one's impulses.
And perhaps this counterintuitive answer provides a perspective that works for us in our age.
So what is the proper definition of the perfect man, supine or belligerent? Two thousand years ago, the sages of the Talmud asked a seemingly simple question: Who is truly strong? The answer seemed obvious.
Instead, they said that the definition of strength is the ability to control and restrain one's impulses.
And perhaps this counterintuitive answer provides a perspective that works for us in our age.
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