The Torah states that a priest in the Temple has to be unblemished both physically and spiritually. This is because he represents the Jewish people to God and God to the Jewish people.
Tag: Culture
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Getting Egypt Out of the Jews
More important that getting the Jews out of Egypt was to get Egyptian culture out of the Jews. God wanted the Jews to be a moral and ethical people and to reject the immorality of Egypt.
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The Truth About Hanukah
Hanukah is a celebration of the victory of a cultural war against the Greek culture. The Syrian Greeks were not interested in killing Jews, just Judaism.
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Why We Fight
פרשת מטות-מסעי / כ”ו בתמוז תשפ”ב
The reason that the Jews were commanded to destroy Midian was because Midian had declared war on God and morality. Personal insults are one thing. Insulting God and morality are another.
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The Importance of Ritual
פרשת מצורע / ה’ בניסן תשפ”ב
The real question of the wicked son is why to we need all this ritual to celebrate Passover. Can’t we just do a simple ceremony and get it over with? The answer of course is that we need the ritual since without we will forget why we were brought out and made into a people.
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Morality From the Bottom Up
ז’ בתשרי תשפ”ב / September 13, 2021
The Torah warns that if our society is immoral then the leaders will be immoral. An immoral leader is symptom of a bad society.