Kedoshim Excerpts

קדושים

Shabbat Shalom

Let us talk about the Kedoshim, the holy people… Holocaust Remembrance Day… Bernie. Nobody cares that you weren’t able to see the podium…

You have to be holy because H’ is holy. You keep mitzvot and don’t act like Michael, because the land will spit you out... Yes. Israel would spit you out… Because you act wrong. You don’t act holy like H’… You don’t visit people in the hospital and tell them how they should heal… are you a doctor?... Yes. H’ can make the healing decision…

(20:24) H’ gave us the land ‘flowing with milk and honey’ because he ‘separated us’ made us different than ‘all the other nations.’ We cannot be like the nations that He ‘sent out before us…and I was abhorred them.’ Gd loathed their actions. If we act like those nations, we will be loathed… I don’t know if I can even live in Tel Aviv. It’s too hot there. My skin… We are made for Israel. That is as tropical as we get…

Now we are going to Israel on the March of the Living next week… The four kids that will be joining… The four kids that will be joining… Do you know of any other lands flowing with milk and honey?... Exactly. Is America flowing with milk and honey? Maybe a river... Different.

You are not just different, made different and separate, from people who act wrong. (20:25) We have to make distinctions ‘between pure and impure animals’… Why is it that every speech I give needs the definition of impurity and spiritual vacuum vignette. Does that make you feel better? You are still not pure. How about we call what you do an abomination… ‘To not become defiled… that I separated from you to be impure.’ Some animals were created for a purpose… Impurity. Like Michael.

This is about distinctions. Karen bought a new dog. You chose messed up looking. No idea what kind of mutt…

(20:26) ‘And you shall be to Me holy, because I am holy, Gd.’ Gd is holy. He has to tell you this, because you don’t get it… You want to connect with Gd and do what is right, then be holy. You want to roll with the new crew that just moved across the street, then go for it. You want to sit in the parking lot and chill… Does Gd play baseball? Maybe. I can tell you that Gd cares and connects with what is more than your… I get it. You’ve got to hit the gym… What part of the gym is holy? Only the powerlifting area. The power rack… Because of health… This is not healthy. Your eating at McDonald’s is not healthy. I told you.

The pasuk continues, ‘and I separated you from the nations to be to Me.’ A kind of separateness keeps you holy… Yes. That makes most aerobic classes impure… Maybe spinning is pure… Why do I have to explain this again? It is about distinction… What do you go to the gym for? Is it to look good? That is not a Jewish goal… Health could be a reason. To guard your life….

What is holy here?... I don’t know if Gd made a mutt. Is that holy…

If you have Ov or Yidoni, you got those summoning dead to see the future, you will be put to death. You are misusing connection… That is not holy. Again, it is not just about distinction. It is about intent. Making your meaning distinct. Even your connection with death can be pure.

You join in the wrong thing, you don’t show to the right place, you hang in the parking lot, your ‘blood is on it’… Be in the right place. Be holy and respect the Kedoshim. That is distinct… Don’t be like an impure animal… Yes. I will offend them.

Gd can make the decision. That is holy. Distinct... What do you need to see, Bernie?!