Acharei

I'm not prepared to write about this, let alone have coherent thoughts to myself.

There's a lot of good play material in here. Each verse of Leviticus 18 seems to be a conflict. Perhaps that is why it is a commandment. I mean, what good would it do to have a commandment that was, "Breathe in and out"? Not much, seeing as how it is an involuntary process.

But I can think of instances where some of these taboos have become acceptable. And near all of these are explicitly stated, no interpretation necessary.

So at what level do we read? And why to we keep returning to these passages?

I can't answer these questions for myself yet, so I truly don't think that I can answer them - or offer an opinion - for anyone else. I hope one day I will be able to.