[Avodah] Ramp On!

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 09:48:22PM -0500, Richard Wolberg wrote:
: Why are ramps used and not steps?  There are different reasons given,  
: but the one I like most is that the Torah
: already had sensitivity for the handicapped.

Except that visibly handicapped people couldn't do the avodah, and thus
the ramp can't be for accessibility.

Nor would that general rule meet the ADA (the Americans with Disability
Act) by a long shot.

Which in itself is an interesting question. Why did HQBH choose to cater
to those who would find a disability distracting, or symbolic of giving
Hashem inferior service rather than invoking "tzadiqim yeilkhu vam,
uposh'im yikashlu vam" (Hosheia' 14:10)?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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