Large part of Torah deals with warnings against the idol worship and many punishments for following it. Description of the idol worship practices given in Torah makes these warnings seemingly irrelevant to our modern lives. Or is it? This is a very subtle and complicated topic as in the root of this issues lays a very foundation of Jewish spirituality in constant war with mental corruption effecting us from the “larger world”. Understanding the true meaning of idol worship beyond those examples given in Torah, will open eyes to the reason for our many troubles today … troubles coming from modern forms of idol worship plaguing our nation today.
