christopher d
13 Feb 2006, 11:24 PM
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/185/story_18552_1.html
Any holiday that celebrates pleasure is ok in my book. According to the above beliefnet.com article (written by Rabbi David Aaron), the modern concept of this holiday is to right the wrongs committedd by Adam and Eve in Eden, not by penance, but by doing what God had asked them to do in the first place: enjoy Creation.
If we eat and enjoy the fruits of this world for God’s sake—because this is what He asks of us—then we are actually serving God and bonding with Him. We serve God by acknowledging that the fruits of this world are His gifts to us and by willfully accepting and enjoying those gifts.
So please, enjoy!
Any holiday that celebrates pleasure is ok in my book. According to the above beliefnet.com article (written by Rabbi David Aaron), the modern concept of this holiday is to right the wrongs committedd by Adam and Eve in Eden, not by penance, but by doing what God had asked them to do in the first place: enjoy Creation.
If we eat and enjoy the fruits of this world for God’s sake—because this is what He asks of us—then we are actually serving God and bonding with Him. We serve God by acknowledging that the fruits of this world are His gifts to us and by willfully accepting and enjoying those gifts.
So please, enjoy!