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PARASHAT BEHUKOTAI: Religious experience and its limits

Religious experiences are not risk-free. They have the potential to become wild, explosive, warping thought and moral judgment.

A ROSH Hashana card depicts the ‘kohen gadol’ (high priest) pouring oil over the menorah
A ROSH Hashana card depicts the ‘kohen gadol’ (high priest) pouring oil over the menorah
(photo credit: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL/WIKIMEDIA COMMON)
ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
MAY 9, 2018 17:18
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