- Is it clear that Divinity “wants” the Israelites to be different?
- Is any virtue ascribed to being like the former masters or imitating them or anyone else?
- Does TorahRefers to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh, also called the Five Books of Moses, Pentateuch or the Hebrew equivalent, Humash. This is also called the Written Torah. The term may also refer to teachings that expound on Jewish tradition. Read more appear to be teaching a new idea of revolution—that is, the aspiration to be free does not mean being like the enslavers; but rather it means being totally different from any other group or ideology?
- The Jew is mandated to imitate neither the more powerful (Egypt) not the less powerful (Canaan)—why?
- Does the “constitution” for the Israelites call for an imitation of other lifestyles in essential matters (not trivial)?
- While pagan gods were frequently importuned through sexuality and sexual aberrations, does the Torah indicate that sexuality is for people and not for Divinity—that is, not a mode for worshipping or pleasing God?
- But are there sexual moras which displease the Torah legislation?
- Is sex private when it violates the norms set down for proper conduct?
- Are “consenting partners” sufficient to establish a sexual act as acceptable?
- Is the consequence of sexual conduct which is non-kadosh destructive only to the individual participating or to the entire community?
- What is “ervah”?
- What is the kadosh view of incest?
- What is the kadosh view of adultery?
- What is the kadosh view of offering “zera” (either one’s seminal fluid or a child) as a worship act?
- What is the kadosh view of homosexuality?
- Is any punishment listed for the acts which are ruled out?
- Is a reason given why the Israelites should avoid certain sexual activities?
- Is the word “modesty” mentioned in this portion of kadosh legislation; is it implied?
- Does Torah “agree” that where sex is concerned, each individual “does his/her thing”?
- Does Torah say sex is “bad” or “dirty?”
- What sexual activities are not included in the listing?
