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Torah Portions
The Weekly Torah Portion of
Achrei Mot Kedoshom
Adapted
from www.chabad.org
Speak to all
the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: You shall be holy...
(Leviticus 19:2)
The easiest thing is to hide from the world and
its follies, seclude oneself in a room, and be a holy hermit. What the Torah
desires, however, is that a person should be part and parcel of "all
the congregation of the children of Israel" -- and be holy.
(Alshich)
Love your fellow as yourself (Leviticus 19:18)
Our
sages have said: "Do not judge your fellow until you have stood in his place"
(Ethics of the Fathers 2:4). Since the only person in whose place you can truly
stand is yourself, this means that you are qualified to judge only yourself. (Rabbi Shneor Zalman of
Liadi)
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