"exchange real moral values for superficial rituals"!-you write. Dear Ulf, are not such Commandments as "Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not steal" moral values? These are from the Tablets of the 10 Commandments G-D gave to Moses on the Mount Sinai, on which all of the civilized mankindīs sense of morality and justice lie on.
FROM WHERE do you think the civilized world has its moral values, Ulf!?
AS for the Jewish rituals; they sustain the Jewish people and even saved their lives; for ex. from the medieval plague, which killed one third of the Europeans! Thanks to our Pesach-laws, which command us to clean our houses from all leaven! The plague was namely caused by unhygienic conditions in which the ordinary Europeans lived in. The Kosher laws have contributed to our health and the Jews hardly suffer from for inst. coronary thrombosis, which is number one cause of death in Scandinavia! I say Baruch Hashem for G-Dīs Commandments to us. Through them we are blessed. |
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