Friday 29 August 2008

Re'eh: To'eva

Originally published 8/29/08, 6:20 PM.
From the archives of Nishma's Online Library at http://www.nishma.org/, we have chosen an article that relates to the week's parsha, both to direct you to this dvar Torah but also for the purposes of initiating some discussion.

This week's parsha is Re'eh and the topic is the the term to'evah, usually translated as abomination. The term is often used by proponents of different ethical perspectives as a further indication of the significance of their ethical stance. The fact is, though, that the use of this term in the chumash itself may not actually provide support for such asserions. We invite you to look at an article on this topic at
http://www.nishma.org/articles/insight/spark5754-27.htm.

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