What to Learn From the Libations?
Divine Code for August 21, 2022
Today: Page 128
Topic 3:16 -- 3:19
It is forbidden to sacrifice to idols. It is a capital sin if one sacrifices to idols in a manner as it was brought into Temple. This includes wine and water offerings (or other liquids).
There were specific openings in the altar at Temple in which wine was used at various sacrifices and water was used at Sukkot.
Wine and water also symbolize two ways we can serve G-d.
The 7 Mitzvot for Noahides can be compared to wine. For doing these mitzvot are pleasant, they give a "pleasant taste". This is because they have a logical reason, such as having respect for your neighbor's property. It is morally logical and makes you feel good when you observe it.
Water represents mitzvot that have no logical reason and that a person does for G-d without understanding why he must do it. These are particularly the mitzvot that apply to Jews such as separating meat from milk.
It is good if people keep the 7 mitzvot and observe them, or if however one does them only because they are logical, or themselves linked to an idol, then people only receive the reward of the mitzvah itself and not a share in the World to Come.
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