A serious question

[RabbiO]

Chavak:.......


P.S. Are you a Rabbi?

No, Chavak has many fine qualities, but she is not a rabbi.

On the other hand, I am.

Let me share with you what one of the greatest Jewish philosophers, Rabbi Moses ben Maimon a/k/a Maimonides a/k/a the Rambam, wrote in his Guide for the Perplexed -  

"It is impossible to go from one extreme to the other suddenly. Therefore man - according to his nature - is not capable of suddenly abandoning that to which he was deeply accustomed... As it was then the deeply ingrained and universal practice with which people were brought up to conduct religious worship with animal sacrifices... G-d in His wisdom did not see fit to command us to to completely reject all these practices - something that man could not conceive of accepting, according to human nature which inclines to habit.... "