Q&A: On the Section of Tzitzit and the Connection Between Sexual Immorality and Idolatry
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On the Section of Tzitzit and the Connection Between Sexual Immorality and Idolatry
Question
Regarding the section of tzitzit, I read commentators who say that there is a close connection between sexual immorality and idolatry, but none of them explained exactly what the connection is. What does the Rabbi think?
Answer
“Do not stray after your hearts” (= idolatry) “and after your eyes” (= sexual immorality); the eye and the heart are the two brokers of sin. In the past, part of the attraction of idolatry was the erotic dimension involved in it. And certainly, when there is a connection to idolatry, that also makes adultery possible.