April 26, 2013
Moshe Ben-Chaim Question: What exactly is idolatry? Response: I would have to define it in accordance with a Rabbi’s explanation: “Relating to G-d through methods foreign to G-d’s prescribed modes of worship.” The source, or psychological need which acts of idolatry strive to satisfy, are primal in nature. The instinct in […]
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November 20, 2011
Essay by Rabbi Israel Chait We have seen how God gave us a unique religion through Torah. Its unique character derives from the instrument of Halakhah which is not to be found in any other religion. Halakhah removes all religious practices from the realm of symbolic performance and places upon these practices a distinct […]
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