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"The 'average' person seems pretty reasonable and simple: they say, 'What's mine is mine, what's yours is yours.'

"The mindset 'what's mine is mine, what's yours is yours' can be seen as a reasonable, even as a healthy way to see the world. The phrase 'good boundaries' comes to mind.

"Then the rabbis toss in a grenade: 'And there are some who say that is the temperament of Sodom.' Wait - what?

"The rabbis' understanding of the people of Sodom was that they were a deeply selfish, inhospitable people. Unlike the Christian commentaries on the story of Sodom, which focus on sexual sins, rabbinic commentaries on Sodom focus on the way the people of Sodom treated visitors and poor people."

-- Rabbi Ruth Adar (CoffeeShopRabbi), 2018-09-28