All–Shall Be–Holy

Korah By :  Louis Polisson JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School) Posted On Jul 8, 2016 / 5776 | דבר ×חר | A Different Perspective

כול×–קדושי×Ũ¶Ä“תהיו

Then he took
Perhaps that was the problem
That he took
And didn’t give

And now we all know
Koraḥ’s sin
Was arrogance
And malice
Because he said
that he
that we
are all holy
that within us
Is Divinity
Already

And he was not right?

I know that
Holy
Is what we will be
That it is an endless goal
Even though I believed that he was right
And I still believe
That there is indeed within us

Sanctity
Sacred incense

Divine Presence
Divine Harmony

If one human sins
Will You be angry with the whole community?

And will there not be more like Koraḥ and his company?

And yet
Then you shall say to them—you shall be holy, for I am holy
But what is it to be holy?
And who—or what—am I?
Holy

ויקח
×ולי ×–×ת הייתה הבעיה
×©×”×•× ×œ×§×—
×•×œ× × ×ª×Ÿ

ועכשיו ×›×•×œ× ×™×•×“×¢×™×
×©×—×˜× ×©×œ קור×—
היה עתק
וזדון
×©×”×•× ×מר
שהו×
ש×נחנו
×›×•×œ× ×§×“×•×©×™×
בתוכנו
×”’
כבר

×•×”×•× ×œ× ×¦×“×§?

×× ×™ יודע ש-
קדושי×
× ×”×™×”
×©×”×™× ×ª×›×œ×™×ª ×ין-סופית
××£ על פי שה×מנתי ×©×”×•× ×¦×“×§
ו×× ×™ מ×מין עוד
ש×כן יש בתוכנו

קדושה
קטורת

מלכות
תפ×רת

×”×יש ×חד יחט×
ועל כל־העדה תקצף?

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ועוד
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×בל מה ×–×” להיות קדוש?
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