KEDOSHIM

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by placing our ATTENTION upon the opening instructions given to the NAVI MOSHE to speak to BENEI YISRAEL. The instructions are the following, “You shall be holy, for holy am I HaShem your God.” Leviticus 19:2b.

The instructions that are given disclose the “how to” in the performance of WORDS and ACTIONS that are visible manifestations of SUPERNAL QUALITIES. The instructions reveal that establishing a CONSCIOUS UNION with ECHAD gives rise to the manifestation. A CONSCIOUS UNION with ECHAD is experienced as the MENTAL STATE of STILLNESS, PEACEFULNESS, QUIETNESS and CONFIDENCE. This state is what is being referenced to as HOLY. Yea, to be HOLY is to ascend into the MIND MODIFICATION termed concentration. ASCENSION into this state is the goal of MEDITATION. No doubt this truth is based upon the principle that we are an INDIVIDUAL aspect of ECHAD. Thus attaining a CONSCIOUS UNION with this individual aspect of ECHAD is to become the CAUSE of the behavior that is termed righteousness in the ATTAINMENT of the EFFECT.