Jewish Law

I watched the Sky Three documentary on

Jewish

Law tonight. It was accepted by rabbis that the justification for certain jewish laws had long ago disappeared but some of them argued that observance was still required because it was the word of god. Pardon!

Some of the laws are utilitarian and would benefit us all if we compied with them. For instance, the thorough spring clean required every year. But when this is combined with the requirement that you eradicate all trace of leavened or fermented items from your residence it becomes absurd. One of the participants kept a special oven for use on one single day per year. Another hid leavened bead around the house to make sure thc hildren followed the law. It was a great game for the children and revealed a lot of humanity but it was humanity in the face of an absurd law.

Service Resumed

Service is now resumed. Lethargy and lack of any comments have been the main reasons for the break but the other reason is that I have not been able to reconnect to my main website and subsidiary to that is the fact that I have not wanted to publicise the blog until the main site was working correctly. Maybe that is the reason I receive no comments!