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From Priest to People (Rabbi Sacks on Kedoshim, Covenant & Conversation)

The Office of Rabbi Sacks

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Until now vaikro has been largely about sacrifices, purity and the priesthood. In chapter 19 it opens up to embrace the whole of the people and the whole of life. This is the first time in leviticus that so inclusive an address is commanded. All ancient societies had priests. And everywhere it was an elite. Here, we find a code of holiness directed to the people as a whole.

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