THE CABALA OF SUGAR

Scientists say sugar is killing you; a team at UCSF published a paper in Nature this week, claiming sugar is a toxic, addictive substance that should be regulated by the government, and even banned when it comes to children.

The Land of Israel is famously known as the Land of Milk and Honey; the Cabala explains, Milk is the attribute of Chesed/Kindness while honey is Gevorah/Severity – sugar is refined severity. Yet, the purpose of life, here on earth is to sweeten the severity.

Refining severity increases the dosage and propagates the addiction; therefore, sweetening Gevorah/Severity should be accomplished through lessening the sweetness. In America sugar is put into everything, but even worse is the artificial sweetener – the pretense of sweet.

There is a natural nurturing from the sweetness of life that sugar distorts; the refined pleasure evoked by sugar causing the addiction, also desensitizes the populous until only something artificial can soothe the hunger. It is the sweetness of life that kills us.

But, then there is chocolate, a substance beloved by all women, everywhere; Women are the source of Gevorah/Severity and all things hidden – chocolate touches the essence of woman, sweetening severity. In the end, Sugar is earthly, honey is heavenly but chocolate is divine.