Idolatry in Action

He who gives vent to anger commits as grave a sin as though he worshipped strange gods.  Tractate Shabbat 105b Anger – Referring to Job 18:4, Luzzatto follows the Sages by connecting anger with idolatry.  We don’t usually think like this, but perhaps we should.  Stone’s commentary on Luzzatto shows us why: “[Anger] is the…