Emor - So Close | Rabbi Shlomo Farhi

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Fega. And as well dedicated with this entire week for the Torah Center Diamond Donors, Ruthie and Rafi Fouzi, I love dedicating in loving memory of Yehuda and Tamara Fouzi, for Nishmatam, Yehuda ben Zipora and Tamara bat Shifra Shura. Finally dedicated for the speedy and complete recovery for Joyce Serary, Simha Joyce bat Selma Haben, for her little sister, Maxine Kaplan Mindel bat Razel. Consuegros that loved each other since the day they met, they should both enjoy only good health and happiness for the rest of their lives in strength and with clarity from their kids. That's a with clarity from their kids. That's a lot of uh uh what do they call them? Not apostrophes. That's a lot of quotation marks for one uh for one dedication. Azaku baruch. All right, let's begin. I have a beautiful pasuk that I wanted to share with you today. A pasuk that I believe illustrates a deep truth um in a very wide range of things when it comes to Yahadut. The pasuk says, "Kedoshim yihiyu le'Eloheichem." You will be holy for le'Eloheichem." You will be holy for your God. "Velo yechalelu shem Eloheichem." And you will not uh desecrate the name of your God. So the Hakhamim have a very obvious question, a question that I think all of us should be asking. It's [clears throat] a little bit of an interesting sentence. Please make a Kiddush Hashem and also don't make a Hillul Hashem. I just, you know, I just want to give you an an equivalent example in the day-to-day runnings of of our world.

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