{"id":75604,"date":"2020-06-05T15:21:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=75604"},"modified":"2020-06-05T15:21:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:21:06","slug":"separate-but-holy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/separate-but-holy\/","title":{"rendered":"Separate But Holy\u00a0"},"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":[],"acf":{"old_id":"75604","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":74351,"related_cahpter":"496","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Without the distinction between sacred and profane, holiness cannot exist\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Ezekiel 44 God makes it clear that not everyone is welcome in His temple. God states multiple times \u201cLet no alien, uncircumcised in spirit and flesh, enter My Sanctuary\u2014no alien whatsoever among the people of Israel\u201d (44:9). God also punishes the Levites who sinned by forbidding them to \u201cserve Me as priests, to come near any of My sacred offerings, the most holy things\u201d (44:13). Forbidding the uncircumcised from entering the Temple I understand, but relegating the Levites (who, according to Rashi, repented their sins) to non-priestly duties is upsetting. Furthermore, the rest of the chapter presents a fastidious set of rules that even those <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">allowed<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to perform holy service are required to follow. Priests must wear linen, not wool garments, including a linen turban and breeches. They are forbidden to shave their hair but required to trim it. Even their spouses are regulated: priests are forbidden from marrying divorcees or widows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But perhaps the most alarming specification applies when the priests leave the sacred inner courts of the Temple and enter the outer courts where the nation can reside. The priests are commanded to remove their garments \u201clest they make the people consecrated by [contact with] their vestments\u201d (44:20). What is the problem with the masses coming into contact with the smallest bit of holiness? Will the leftover sanctity on the priests\u2019 clothing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em> infect<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the \u201csimple\u201d people?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The explanation appears in the priestly job description a few verses later: \u201cThey shall declare to My people what is sacred (<em>kadosh<\/em>) and what is profane, and inform them what is clean and what is unclean\u201d (44:23). In his book <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sacred Fragments<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Neil Gilman translates the Hebrew word for holy (<em>kadosh<\/em>) to separate. He expounds on this idea, saying, \u201cMuch like the English word &#8220;distinguished,&#8221; which can mean both &#8220;separate&#8221; and &#8220;special,&#8221; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kadosh<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> begins by meaning &#8220;separate&#8221; and ends by meaning &#8220;special&#8221; or &#8220;sacred,&#8221; &#8220;holy,&#8221; &#8220;elevated&#8221; (Neil Gilman, Sacred Fragments, p.229)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This idea is explicated through the concept of the Sabbath mentioned in the next verse: \u201cand they shall maintain the sanctity of My sabbaths\u201d (44:24). There are many restrictions placed on the Sabbath in order to distinguish it from the other days; that separation preserves the Sabbath\u2019s sanctity. If every day is special, every day is actually mundane. Likewise, in order to maintain the Temple\u2019s sanctity, God must limit access to the Temple\u2019s holiest chambers and place restrictions on those allowed into the holy spaces. Without the distinction between sacred and profane, sanctified, and mundane, the holiness of the Temple cannot exist.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":64970,"id":64970,"title":"is6-holy-holy-holy","filename":"is6-holy-holy-holy.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is6-holy-holy-holy.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/holy-holy-holy\/is6-holy-holy-holy\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is6-holy-holy-holy","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":64969,"date":"2019-10-30 14:59:15","modified":"2022-07-20 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