Parsha Behar

           You shall make for yourselves no idols and
           erect no carved images or pillars...to worship
           at them; for I am the Lord your God
                         Leviticus 26:1

And what about the idols made
out of words or those that stroke
our vanity? What about the idols
we fashion out of ambition, fat
wallets, and titles? Lord, we keep
whittling new idols to adore.