In loving memory to my teacher Rabbi Zvi Yehuda:
Kedushah (holiness) means 'distinction'. The Torah states: "Be holy, for I, Hashem your God, am holy!"(Leviticus 19:2). We are commanded to live and act distinctively, in a way which reflects dignity and uniqueness. The reason for this is that we are to be like God as He is also holy. But one can ask, how are we humans to be like the Divine? How can finite beings be like the infinite being? Perhaps the Torah is teaching us that just as Hashem is 'Holy' in His divinity, so are we to be holy in our humanity. Our human 'holiness' is expressed in the way we live, love, eat, work, enjoy life and relate to others. This is no less important than how we are 'holy' in prayer and in our relationship with G-D. To live life with human dignity, means to reflect the divine image and to experience 'Kedushah' sanctity in every aspect of our lives.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Baruch Plotkin
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