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The work of rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem had begun about sixteen years prior to Haggai\u2019s prophecy but had been forestalled by the Persian government through a Samaritan plot. The people feel dejected and hopeless now, and Haggai needs to spur them to action. Unlike many of our prophets, Haggai does not use his prophecy to remonstrate the people, but rather works to build their self-confidence. And he does so, according to Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner (YU Torah), in three ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Chapter 1, Haggai promised the Jewish people a future with God. <\/span>To paraphrase a certain movie, if they build it (the Temple), God will come<\/span><\/a>. \u201cRebuild the house and I will look on it with favor and I will be glorified (1:8).\u201d This promise assured the people that God was still with them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 2 includes two more prophecies to strengthen the peoples\u2019 sense of self-worth and bolster their confidence. Not only does God promise to reside in the Temple, He promises to this dejected people that his presence in the Temple will bring them honor. \u201cThe treasure of all the nations will come, and I will fill this House with honor (2:7).\u201d The Jewish people will be successful, and they will regain their honor.<\/span><\/p>\n

But perhaps the most inspiring of prophecies given by Haggai is the third one. The discussion that Haggai has with the <\/span>cohanim<\/em> <\/span>(the priests), beginning in 2:11 relates that if a priest is carrying something holy within his garment and the garment touches something else, that third object does not take on the holiness of what touched it. The flip side of the discussion is that someone who is impure (with the example of having been defiled by a corpse) will, in fact, pass on the impurity to any object they touch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What does this have to do with the issue at hand of strengthening the resolve of the people and improving their mindset? Ibn Ezra explains it this way: impurity (corruption) is very easy to spread but holiness doesn\u2019t work that way. Holiness cannot be passed from one person, or object to another, because it is uniquely given to each individual by God.<\/span><\/p>\n

Could there be anything more powerful than the reminder of your unique, inherent holiness? Just as that reminder empowered the Jewish people to resume building the Temple, so too can we be empowered, in every generation and every instance of individual and national dejection, that our singular relationship with God makes each of us holy.<\/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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