tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post5550361188454504076..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Ki Tavo: Adoption In Public of Required Behavior in Privatejoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-26579985571606308502007-08-29T19:48:00.000-04:002007-08-29T19:48:00.000-04:00While the citation escapes me, if I recall correct...While the citation escapes me, if I recall correctly, the gemara understands this section to be an indirect admonishment for illicit relationships - the sins listed are those performed by the product of such a relationship, estranged as they would be from the Jewish people. In other words, the curse is not for making a molten image, for instance. Rather, it is for begetting an illigitimate child who will ultimately go astray and come to make such an image. The curse is for *his* actions which ultimately stem from *yours*. The fact that they all seem to be in secret, then, is less difficult, alluding to the estrangment of that progeny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com