Ideals of Faith"You see," he said, "everything in life is under religion because everything is impacted by your experiences in this world. So, Judaism makes laws about sexual conduct, relationships of parents to children, business relationships, how to plow your fields, what are the proper clothes to wear, how you observe holy days, when you should sleep, when you should bathe. There isn’t an area of life that isn’t touched in some way by these ideals — ideals of faith." I asked, "As a consequence of knowing how to treat your children, when to bathe, and various observances, what happens?" The Rabbi paused and thought. "I pause because this question isn’t Jewish. The presumption that something is supposed to happen is an interesting presumption. "Then you don’t have to answer it," I said in surprise. "I’m not sure that I can." |
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