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Our dad teaches that there are seven types of perushin that fall into this category, the common thread among them is that these people are hypocrites who present themselves as God-fearing, religious people when in fact they are just putting on a show.
The perushin are the Pharisees, the sages of the Talmud, while the zedukim are the Sadducees, the elite class that rejected many of the traditions of the perushin.
Those who use the crown of Torah to further their personal objectives were the dangerous ones.
We explore the phenomenon of false piety and fake frumkeit.