December 14, 2006
Going Au Natural
R. Moshe Taragin spoke a total of five times last Shabbos, and offered many poignant thoughts. One that stuck with me was his explanation of the idol worship known as Baal Peor.
For those of you unaware, the method by which one worshiped the god Peor was by defecating before its idol. R. Taragin explained this as pointing to a worship of the natural. The acolytes of Peor felt that something natural, no matter how revolting, was inherently holy. Defecation, while revolting, is completely natural, and was therefore chosen as their form of worship.
R. Taragin progressed from here to a discussion of humanism, and ultimately settled on the Akeidah and questions of natural or rational morality vs. revealed divine will (most of which can be found in previous posts on this blog).
Good. Use your aggressive feelings, boy! Let the hate flow through you.
Donny, you are out of your element. Why don't you go explore the beaches of Southern California, from La Jolla to Leo Carrillo and up to Pismo.
Posted by: Greg at December 14, 2006 4:01 PMWhen you read through the Gemora, you get a sense of the importance of digestive health. A possible conclusion is that people were a lot more likely 2000+ years ago to die of digestive ailments. That being the case, a functioning digestive system would be something that people would be very grateful for. (I'm not arguing with Rabbi Taragin, just sharpening the point.)
Posted by: soccer dad at December 14, 2006 4:39 PMOh...I'm afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive.
Are we doing Star Wars now? But I was going to Toshi station to pick up some power converters?!?!?
Posted by: Greg at December 15, 2006 8:46 AMI'm bored at work here, Gershman. Entertain me.
Posted by: Gary at December 20, 2006 1:35 PM
