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what is Holiness Holiness is an English
word but the Biblical Hebrew word is
kades which really means separate
Holiness is separation what I mean by
that is there's ordinary and there's
holy ordinary stuff is for everyday
regular use anybody can grab it use it
on the go however they want why not
something that's holy is set aside or
designated for special use so for
instance in the old days when we used to
have phone books phone books were
supposed to be used for looking up
numbers but nobody looked up numbers in
the phone book you would call 411 the
phone book was really a booster seat you
would use it you'd put it under a
toddler and a toddler would sit it at
the table that was what we use phone
books for and is that a problem it's not
a problem even though the phone book
wasn't designed for it but you can use
it for whatever it works for you don't
have to use it according to its design
you know why because it's not holy it's
not designated or set apart or separate
from other usage it can be used for
whatever works but for instance you
wouldn't take a Torah and use it God
forbid for a child to sit on why because
it is Holy it is set apart it is
designated for special use and this is
very interesting the only body part that
in Jewish teachings is referred to as
holy are the reproductive organs why
because although you can use them for
whatever works really they were designed
they were set aside for an exclusive
usage just because you can use something
however you want to use it and it works
doesn't mean that that's what it was
designed for in the case of the repr
productive organs they were designed to
give us the ability to be Godlike not
just in being able to create life and
bring children into the world because
not every active intimacy is procreative
but even just the ability to give
yourself to another person to transcend
your ego and to become one with other
that is also a profoundly spiritual act
and that's what it was given to us for
so to use it for other things even
though it seems like you're successful
that's not what it was made for the
Holier something is the narrower its
usage is the more exclusive the more set
apart
