The Kotzker Rebbe asked; “Why
does something unclean defile something which is clean, whereas something clean
does not purify that which is unclean?”
And he answered his own
question with another; “Something unclean is clearly unclean – whereas that
which appears to be pure, who can say that is really is pure?”[1]
This is such a significant
teaching especially for our times. We generally are able to identify something
unclean and we can certainly identify something which is evil.
The problem though, is how
to know when something dressed up, or presented as clean or righteous is really
what it appears to be?
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