Anthropocentrism in Judaism
Hello Rabbi Michi!
Do you think Judaism today is an anthropocentric religion?
It seems to me that today (especially in Hasidism and perhaps in other places) too much emphasis is placed on the individual and they are worshipped (all kinds of attachments to the righteous, etc.) and in general this whole attribution of holiness to people feels bordering on heresy. A certain rabbi is holy and it is forbidden to talk about him, etc. (It is true that in the section on holy people it is said that holy people Be Because I am holy, but this is aspiration) Sorry if I confused your mind.
In this context too, I don't think we are a chosen people, no matter how much the Khazarian talks about it.
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You are mixing concepts. Worshiping humans is not anthropocentric. Indeed, there is no need to attribute sanctity to humans, and certainly no one is above criticism.
Sorry I didn't answer, I ate. Eat and don't forget to count!
But how is it that Judaism, at least before the modern era (at the beginning of the latter period), is not anthropocentric? After all, they say that the world was created for man, etc., etc. Maybe I'm confused, but it seems to me that all this worship of the rabbis and living according to their dictates borders on idolatry.
The world is for man, but man worships God. Man puts God at the center of everything. This is not anthropocentrism. This is theocentric. Even if rabbis are praised and they prostrate themselves on graves, Judaism does not put them at the center of their world. Maybe Reform Jews do, but among the Orthodox and Conservatives, they are theocentric. We worship God, we try to reach Him.
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