It was enjoyable (and educational for me) to make a presentation to the Senior University group at Temple Beth Or in Raleigh last week. The topic of my presentation was the History and Evolution of the Outhouse. I started with two verses from the Torah – Devarim 23: 13-14 which translated into English reads ” 13 And you shall have a designated place outside the camp, so that you can go out there [to use it as a privy]. 14 And you shall keep a stake in addition to your weapons; and it shall be, when you sit down outside [to relieve yourself], you shall dig with it, and you shall return and cover your excrement. And with that, we were off and running.
