Dio Cassius wrote that in Greece, Nero took a young boy, Sporus, for a wife as legal and binding. At the same time, Nero was engaged in sex with Pythagoras.
The Rabbis however never imputed to them to the general population. Instead they commended them for faith and loyalty. quoted in "Conservative Judaism"
It is not easy to separate what is bad from good. What we learn from what the Rabbis did not say is that a person who does bad things should not be wholly condemned as irredeemably evil. Perhaps this is a guiding principle that can lead us into a New Year and a new beginning.
The Rabbis however never imputed to them to the general population. Instead they commended them for faith and loyalty. quoted in "Conservative Judaism"
It is not easy to separate what is bad from good. What we learn from what the Rabbis did not say is that a person who does bad things should not be wholly condemned as irredeemably evil. Perhaps this is a guiding principle that can lead us into a New Year and a new beginning.
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