{"id":45533,"date":"2018-12-11T14:47:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T12:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=45533"},"modified":"2022-07-06T11:01:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T08:01:17","slug":"what-exactly-does-being-holy-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/what-exactly-does-being-holy-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What Exactly Does Being &#8220;Holy&#8221; Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[480,363,410],"acf":{"old_id":"45533","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33992,"related_cahpter":"109","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"There is much to be done to merit inclusion","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holiness, according to the rabbis of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Midrash Va-Yikra Rabbah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, comes in many different pathways. They noticed that the Torah itself says, &#8220;She is a tree of life to them that hold fast to her,&#8221; and they understood the &#8220;she&#8221; in question to be self-referential. The Torah doesn&#8217;t claim to be a source of life only for those who <\/span><b>study<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it, or even just for those who <\/span><b>observe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it, but rather for all who <\/span><b><i>hold fas<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to it.&#8221; Anyone who contributes, in whatever way they can, to the collective relationship between the Jewish people and the Torah merits inclusion in our ultimate redemption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabbi Huna is explicit on that point: &#8220;If a person feels weighed down by transgression, what action will merit life? If accustomed to read one page of Scripture, let that person read two pages. \u00a0If accustomed to study one chapter of Mishnah, study two chapters. But what if that person was not accustomed to read Scripture or to study Mishnah at all? What then should that person do to merit life? Such a one should get an appointment as a communal leader or as an administrator of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tzedakah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and will thereby merit life.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While learning remains the ideal, Rabbi Huna and his colleagues, our Sages of blessed memory, recognize that not everyone would be able to study our sacred writings. That deficiency, while regrettable, does not sunder a Jew from our collective heritage of Torah and its rewards. Rather, the rabbis instruct, let those who cannot study perform acts of charity to support Jewish institutions, thereby perpetuating the values and learning of our ancient heritage. Let those who cannot themselves learn assist other Jews by strengthening our synagogues, our religious schools and day schools, our rabbinical schools and Universities. Let those who cannot learn volunteer their time to serve on the endless committees, boards, and organizations that keep the Jewish people coherent and vibrant wherever we may dwell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not being able to study Torah does not sunder a Jew from membership in the Jewish People, nor in our redemption. 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