Yes, many people see the injunction as applying now to comfy shoes and others see a symbolic aspect of leather (using an animal product for human benefit) so they keep it as related to leather footwear.
Being hungry and other deprivations doesn't lend itself to 'focusing on the spiritual', in fact it has the opposite effect. It's much easier to focus on the spiritual when the brain is fully nourished. Being satisfied physically is the best way to prepare for spiritual things.
The 'scapegoat' (escaped goat) wasn't 'pushed off a cliff' but was led into a waste place in the wilderness and released alive. There is nothing in the ceremony that suggests that this goat 'atoned' for the sins of Israel. It represented the Devil, who is ultimately the blame for all sin. That it wasn't killed as part of the ritual indicates that the Devil cannot be killed but can only be restrained.Neither was "escaped" but one had a function of helping effect atonement through being pushed off a cliff.
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That's your understanding. Judaism works on refining the self to focus away from creature comforts and spend more time connecting to the divine in pursuit of a spiritual self. On 2 days of the year, we limit our physicality -- once to accentuate our sense of loss and once to underscore our attempt to rise above the self.
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If the laws of God are now written on the fleshly hearts of those guided by the Holy Spirit, what need is there of tablets of stone?
It's a ritual 'loss'. A true loss would have a dramatically different effect on you. I was never more spiritual than when my marriage was breaking up. Also, I was in a church that kept Atonement by fasting. Easy-peasy as I was a health freak so it didn't bother me at all. I didn't feel any more spiritual than I did on any other day.
No, the other day signals an actual, physical loss. This is a different day from the day of atonement. And we don't fast as an ends, but as a means so it isn't about whether fasting bothers me, but whether I can use the time and energy to separate from the physical sense and pour myself into my prayers.
Still not a true loss as everything temporarily put on the shelf for the day will be there the day after. If you feel a loss you're probably addicted to those comforts. Many in the west believe that if they miss a single meal that they are going starve to death. You are imposing an inconvenience upon yourself, not a true loss.
Because it's not really suffering. It is eschewing physical well being to focus on the spiritual. Back in the day, the alternative to leather shoes was not comfy trainers.
Breeze, you need to compose your thoughts better. I don't understand most of what you post.
I live a very spiritual life, so engaging in 'ritual' spirituality is meaningless to me. But for those who need it, it probably has some value.
breezie----give it up-----I am still looking for my 2022 10 40 form
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