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Jews and modern Idol Worship – For the “Holiday” Season

By Erik Zimerman On November 28, 2014 · Add Comment · In Joab's Men

(Note: This article may be of interest only to Jewish readership, and is likely not of interest to others. Though all are welcome to read, the message is one Yidishkeit for Jews.) A great deal of the Chumash, deals with the central and revolutionary message of Judaism, that there is but one gd (arguably), and that Jews (more correctly Hebrews or Israelites) must worship him and not idols as was accustomed in Biblical times. Israel’s difficulty with this task is one of the central if not the central theme of many of the writings of the prophets. Reading our ancients texts today, it seems almost ridiculous that these Jews, brought out of bondage in Egypt, led to their promised land, continued to worship absurd little wood, stone and clay figurines. Not Moses nor Aaron and his holy descendants (the cohanim – priests), nor the Judges, King David and the prophets could wipe out this stain from the Jewish people. The scriptures tell us clearly how this often led to calamity, but certainly we know that it led many Jews throughout the centuries to assimilation and being cast out from “the tribe” – a people that have remained small in number [...]

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