Cherubic love

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: March 24, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Shlomo Riskin
Jerusalem Post
03-24-2006
Headline: Cherubic love
Byline: Shlomo Riskin
Edition; Up Front
Section: Features
Page: 32

Friday, March 24, 2006 -- What was the symbolism behind these cherubs? The Sages of the Talmud gave an interpretation fraught with significance regarding the Rabbinic attitude toward marriage and sex, an attitude which is especially crucial for our Age of the Internet: "Rav Katina said, 'When the Israelites would ascend [to the Holy Temple] on the Festival, [the Kohanim] would roll up the curtain (parochet) for them, and display for them the cherubs, who were joined ...

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