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THE SCAPEGOAT is a concept that originated at Mount Sinai. This week, we discuss God’s commandment to send a goat into the wilderness for Azazel, similar rites in northern Syria and southern Anatolia in the days of the patriarchs, and the role of Azazel (or Asael), one of the WatchersContinue Reading

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GOD TAKES His sanctity, His holiness, very seriously. We discuss His standards of sexual morality (which make it appear that “Canaanite morality” was an oxymoron), and we examine the ritual of atonement, which features a mysterious entity named Azazel.Continue Reading