Oroville Dam will not burst, but its spillway might collapse. Why wasn’t it built right in the first place? Why hasn’t it been maintained? Can governments really suffer from moral failings? Using water to cut metal gives us an idea of its power. Is maintaining your possessions a religious duty incumbent upon all Jews and Christians? Is it ‘wrong’ to acquire ‘stuff’?
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Rabbi Daniel Lapin