Down with Abominations! Hurray for the Chareidi World!

Although I am sometimes negative about the world of TorahTrue™ Judaism, I recently came across an article that makes me rethink some of my previous negativity.

The Yeshiva World News reports that "Maran Rav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita called for protests against next Thursday’s scheduled To’eva parade in Yerushalayim." For those of you not in the know, "To'eva" is Hebrew for abomination. It is used here as a reference to the despicable acts that the Torah singles out as "abominations."

In fact, the YWN writes [with no respect for the rules or conventions of grammar -J.D.] that this particular sin is so destructive that "a large tefilla rally is planned, not along the route of the parade to avoid exposing participants to the abomination."

All I can say is that it is about time. I am so happy to hear that the Chareidi world will be protesting against the "To'evos" that occur on a daily basis in Jerusalem and around the world. I assume this means that a full-fledged demonstration will take place where the following abominations are denounced, once and for all:

a) Dishonesty in weights and measures (Deut 25:13-19)
b) Eating seafood (Lev. 11:11)
c) Eating birds of prey (Lev. 11:12)
d) Eating insects (Lev. 11:13)
e) Remarrying one's divorcee (Deut. 24:4)
f) Lying (Prov. 12:22)
g) Arrogance (Prov. 16:5)
h) Justifying wicked behaviour (Prov. 17:5)
i) Business fraud (Prov. 20:10)
j) Idolatry (Deut. 7:25)

Oh wait a minute...

J.D.