Monday 7 March 2016

37) Humanly Holy:





“You shall be a holy people (anshei kodesh) to me.”[1]





The Kotzker Rebbe reads this verse a little differently. 

He says; “Be holy. But humanly holy. G-d has enough angels in heaven.”[2] 

In other words, the expression anshei kodesh (holy people) is a composite of two entities, holy and people. Holiness must always be within the bounds of normalcy and humanity.

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[1] Shemot 22:30
[2] Amud HaEmet p.57, par. 4  - ‘Mentshlish heilig zolt ihr Mir zein’ which is Yiddish for; ‘humanly holy shall you be to Me.’

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