The Holy Land spat out the Canaanites because of their incestuous and immoral practices, and we are warned that the same can happen to us if we emulate their abominations. What does sexual morality have to do with land? And for that matter, what do sexual matters have to do with holiness? We ponder these questions this week, and explore the value (or lack thereof) of the sense of touch, why immoral thoughts may be categorically worse than immoral actions, and how we might be able to embrace our animality in a shameless yet non-idealizing manner by viewing it as a tool and not an essence.
