“The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.” —Thomas Hobbes

There is a special place in Jewish theology for the secret sinner. Moses commands the people of Israel to perform an unusual ceremony once they cross the Jordan River into the Promised Land.

Half the tribes are to stand on one mountain and half on the opposite mountain, while a series of curses is........

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