“People pleasing is an opposite of being humble”
and self centeredness from Torah.
Tzvi Hirsch of Nadvorna, in Tzemach Hashem LeTzvi, explains that an idol isn’t just a statue or object—it’s the energy of people pleasing.
Rabbi YY Jacobson puts it like this: an idol is like a relationship where the “idol” will accept anything,
While the person who worships it takes advantage of that acceptance to get what they want without really respecting the idol’s true value.
