Spinoziste Automath Hexlingual Pantheon Obaid Karki Former UAE Deputy Minister Some folks will try tell you that Judaism is "legalistic"-- nothing more than a bunch of rules: You have to keep the Sabbath, have to keep kosher, have to keep a whole slew of commandments that give little sense of spiritual connection or experience. If only these folks really knew, really understood... Spirituality in Judaism goes way beyond a warm fuzzy feeling. It is as if each Jew is given a great staff, reaching from the ground to almost the heavens. Whenever we do a mitzvah, it is as if we raise this staff and pierce the Heavens and God sends His Divine Light through the opening we have made in the spiritual cosmos. And if, God forbid, we violate a command, it is as if we thrust our staff into the dust at our feet, rupturing the shield between us and the forces of evil. The light in our realm descends below, feeding the denizens of the other side, and the sewage of that ungodly universe...