Parshas Kedoshim: Naval Birshus HaTorah

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

What does Kedoshim tihyu ask of us? Rashi reads it as separating from arayos, while the Ramban, from the Toras Kohanim, sees a call to restraint even within what the Torah permits. The Ramban teaches that the real question is not mutar or assur but whether something is the Ratzon Hashem. Kedusha rests on shleimus, from a minyan to Shabbos, and we learn that kedusha takes in the whole person.

Key points

• Rashi reads Kedoshim tihyu as separating from arayos, and every such fence brings kedusha.
• The Ramban warns against becoming a naval birshus haTorah, a degenerate within what is permitted.
• Kedusha rests where there is shleimus, which is why Kedusha needs a minyan of ten.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Rashi on Kedoshim tihyu
2. 3:37The Ramban disagrees: perushim tihyu
3. 8:31The Ramban on the question to ask
4. 9:54No Switzerland in kedusha
5. 10:44Kedusha and a minyan of ten
6. 11:49Asher kiddeshanu b'mitzvosav
7. 13:13Third bracha of Shemoneh Esrei and Yaakov Avinu
8. 15:53Kedusha of the whole person

Topics

• Parshas Kedoshim
• Kedusha
• Naval Birshus HaTorah
• Shleimus