IT BELONGS IN THE KNAPSACK
This week’s Parsha, Acharei Mos – Kedoshim, instructs us not to insult the convert to Judaism by pointing out how he served idols in the past. The Torah reminds us that we, too, have a history of idolators when we lived in Egypt. Our Sages explain that a blemish that you have do not point it out in someone else.
The implication seems to be that if you have a blemish don’t insult someone else with that blemish because the insulted person can turn around and throw it back to you. But is this what the Torah means? This reason seems self-serving. Perhaps there is a deeper message.