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HEBREW TEXTS . HEBREW LANGUAGE . JUDAISM
This portion begins with a maxim central to the theme of ritual purity of the people of Israel; God says, “Be holy because I, your God, am holy.” Many laws, therefore, follow: about agriculture, idolatry, honesty, respect for parents, Sabbath, among others. The famous sentence “love your neighbor as yourself” also appears in this passage.
Texts
Kedoshim 5784
The word "holy" was usually translated as "saint," although generally, for our sages like Rashi, "holy" means something that is preserved from the rest, and that separation makes it "holy," different. (For example, we say in the Kabbalat Shabbat: "mekadesh
haShabbat," which could be understood as God sanctified the Sabbath or rather differentiated it from the rest of the days of the week and thus made it "holy").
Kedoshim 5782
Let's talk about Holiness.
The concept of kadosh is complicated. It is usually understood and translates as something Holy. It seems to be something that received that condition and has it in its being or constitution. And it is full of goodness and absolutely devoid of errors. In other words… unattainable.