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Kedoshim, קְדֹשִׁים "Holy ones" Leviticus 19:1-20:27
Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh*
Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh*
Poetic notes on parasha Kedoshim
"Be holy as I,
your God, am holy!"
Be separate from the finite
Partake of the infinite!
Can an Adam of dust
invade the heaven above all worlds?
The heart of Adam was hardened
Adam walked in the footsteps of the serpent
and did not conquer and subdue the serpent
And when the serpent had no footsteps
Adam crawled in the dust behind the serpent
"Be holy as I,
your God, am holy!"
Be separate from all disorder
Be separate from all sterility
Be separate from all blemishes and imperfections
Elijah will not come to pronounce you unclean
Or to pronounce you clean
To put you outside
Or to bring you near
Elijah will come to overturn
the violence of the kidnappers of souls
Souls snared by predators within
And souls driven from their homes by emperors and lords
Among these unclean, Elijah will pronounce many clean
But you who can arise from the dust on your own
Arise and shine!
For the dispute of the serpent has been settled!
Let Adam be reconciled with his child*
The root of teshuvah is the resurrection of the dead
The root of resurrection
is the holy kindness and sovereignty of G-d
which is concealed in His every commandment
which is revealed to faith
Repent! For the Kingdom of His Grace
has formed wings over Jerusalem!
Ascend in holiness without end!
But we will not ascend
unless we first descend
to stand and rest
upon the everlasting arms
that hold Jerusalem
beneath the wings of His kingdom
*Footnotes:
*Footnotes:
*Kadosh - a reference to: Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh Adonai Tz'vaot M'lo Khol Ha'aretz K'vodo. "Holy, Holy, Holy, The Lord of Hosts, The entire world is filled with His Glory." Isaiah 6:3
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*Let Adam be reconciled with his son - Reference: Mishnah Eduyot 8:7
Rabbi Joshua said: I have received a tradition from Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai, who heard it from his teacher, and his teacher [heard it] from his teacher, as a halakhah [given] to Moses from Sinai, that Elijah will not come to pronounce unclean or to pronounce clean, to put away or to bring near, but to put away those brought near by force and to bring near those put away by force. The family of Beth Tzriphah was on the other side of the Jordan and Ben Zion put it away by force; and yet another family was there, and Ben Zion brought it near by force. It is such as these that Elijah will come to pronounce unclean or to pronounce clean, to put away or to bring near. Rabbi Judah says: to bring near, but not to put away. Rabbi Shimon says: to conciliate disputes. And the Sages say: neither to put away nor to bring near, but to make peace in the world, for it is said, “Behold I send to you Elijah the prophet”, etc., “and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children and the heart of the children to their fathers” (Malachi 3:23-2).
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