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#69: Idolatry is Poop-ular

#69: Idolatry is Poop-ular

Rashi and Vilna Gaon on Parashat Nitzavim, Devarim/Deuteronomy 29:16

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Gimme Some Torah #69

and you have seen the detestable things and the fetishes of wood and stone, silver and gold, that they keep.—Devarim/Deuteronomy 29:16

Moses reminds the nation that the neighboring nations engage in idolatry of the most lewd and disgusting type. He describes their idols as sh…

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