Shnayim Yomi - Acharei Mot-Kedoshim - Rivi'i - #4- Rabbi Reuvein Brand

[Music] Ri foros kadoshim. This is the transition point. Whenever you have a double para, we split the para in revi. So we conclude the para with the the shvi which would be the last aliyah of aimos and then we're going to begin kadoshim. We conclude with these the types of behaviors beastiality and other things which are inappropriate relationships from a Torah standpoint. And then we move to parha's kadoshim which is the Torah portion that has the most densely populated mitzvos of any para. It's a small para and it's packed with mitzvos. to you. We are encouraged. The bosom tells us we are meant to be holy which Rashi says push we should be separated from arayas from illicit relationships that we referred to in the previous para tells us stay away from things that are excessively gluttonous and then from there we learn to make sure that we observe shabas and honor our parents and we have to make sure to eat our carbonos in a certain fashion. making sure that we take care of all the poor people in our neighborhoods. The the mitzvah of Peret and Olos and Pa all of the different galinings that we need to make sure to leave for other individuals to make sure that the unfortunate the the people who are underprivileged bos gave us who have more the opportunity to help them. That's a key mitzvah that appears in this first section of paras kadoshim. But how do you define kaduca for us especially as it relates to arayas? What does that mean? So the ha shimskap the great roshiva from a century ago in Europe the ribshimk has a masterpiece in lumus it's called shara yosher it's a very complex legal work but the hakdama to the shario the introduction is this beautiful treatise on what is kadoshim to you because the medish says maybe you could be as holy as did you think yes but nowaday says my holiness is greater than yours says what kind was that who had that we could be as holy as the who's purely or so what does that mean says let me redefine kaduca for you amazing he says kaduca is altruism it's generosity that's what kaduca is so now I can understand he says of course when it comes to spirituality to transcending materialism of course we're not in the same para so to speak at all as the bosum but maybe when it comes to giving to altruism who created this world with altruism. Maybe we could be just as altruistic with others. No, we're never going to get to that level of pure altruism for what does for us. We'll never be, you know, fully appropriate to repay that debt. We never could. It's impossible. When we do mitzvos, it doesn't help. It helps him give us. It's purely altruistic. But the point is is that the more altruistic we are, the more we're connected to our inner kaduca. And this is why perhaps when we refer to marital intimacy, we refer to it as kaduca. Because when people are creating a marital bond, especially physical intimacy, which involves tremendous vulnerability, that's the opportunity to really focus on and give to the other person. And that's really what marital harmony is about. It's the opportunity to give to the other person in the most deep and intimate ways. And that is an expression of Ribshima's definition of kadusha. Kadoshim to you of being holy, being altruistic. [Music]