The Parsha this week, Kedoshim, comes to us at a critical time. Kedoshim Tih’yu, “…you shall be holy…” is at the heart of the Torah, the center of the scroll in actual literary placement and at the center of Jewish life in spirit and action. The first 18 verses of chapter 19 zero in on the essence of what it means to become a conscious or holy community. Many of the verses mirror the Ten Commandments. But the order and the emphasis is different.
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