Religious goals, right?
Hello Dr. Michi
Perhaps it is possible to interpret that those “religious” commandments in the Torah that have no social or moral purpose are relative commandments in accordance with the social, cultural/theological reality that prevailed in ancient times? For this is exactly what the Maimonides explains in the lesson regarding sacrifices…. And it also seems from the words of the prophet that the matters of the offering and sacrifice are marginal matters and logic also requires this, and why does God, the Blessed One, need my sacrifice or, alternatively, the strips of tefillin on my head???
Maybe the real goal (and not just the infrastructure) is to establish a model society that will be a light to the nations, where the abstract (and mature) faith leads everything?
thanks
In the first book in the trilogy, I explained why I think establishing a model society and moral precepts cannot be the goal of the whole thing. You don’t create a society to be a model society. Don’t create one and there will be no need for a model society. Therefore, it is more likely that a model society is a means to achieving religious goals.
In halacha, there is a rule that does not change it and it does not change. Maimonides also accepts this rule, and his reasons in the book “Their Honor Is in Their Place” are really unconvincing (not only in this area). There are quite a few commandments for which I see no circumstantial need. Therefore, this proposal does not stand the test of reasonableness or the test of halacha.
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