42) Don't Make G-d your Idol:

The Torah says; “A molten god do not make for yourself”.[1]

This statement is generally understood as an injunction against worshiping an idolatrous image. 

But the Kotzker interprets 'god' to mean 'G-d ' (the Hebrew ‘Elokei’ can mean both).

He says; “Do not turn G-d into a god that you fashioned for yourself”.[2]

Religion can become self serving when G-d is made to fit our perceptions and expectations, instead of the other way around.

At that point it becomes no better than man made idolatry.

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[1] Shemot 34:17

[2] Amud HaEmet p 64, par. 4