Shnayim Yomi - Acharei Mot-Kedoshim - Sh'vi'i - #7

foreign [Music] begins with the extensive list of the consequences of a person who engages in various inappropriate sexual relationships with the is that come with these punishments tells us we have to live lives of kadusha which is parallel to what we heard in the end of the previous parasha in the beginning in of this Torah reading in akramos and then in conclusion we are told we should not mimic the non-jews and this became an interesting discussion over the ages does our Jewish dress have to be distinctive or can it be the same as the non-jews for other reasons so the accepted approach like the Marik is that we can wear suits and ties and decorative Garb let's say at a graduation which is for the purpose of Honor we could also wear lab coats if you're a doctor or special robes if you're a judge because we're not trying to mimic the nachrim for no reason or for Pagan reasons we're trying to copy them in the sense that there is a sense of honor and dignity in this profession but the core question will always ask ourselves is why do I act this way why is my hair cut this way why is my compartment this way is it because I'm trying to mimic other cultures so then that's not a way to live rather it's about taking the elements from that culture that describe honor and we channel that to our kind of Sparkle and the conclusion is if I have Dalton it's not just in the safe Recreation the way that we have physical relationships with spouses but it's also in the safer katusha the way that we eat both elements are things that we have in common with animals of reproduction and also food ingestion and these are things that we can transcend to take to a higher level in our voters Hashem in all aspects of life there's a fascinating beautiful ARA that is quoted in the name of that describes the end of the possum that he enables us to be karosh Vista likadoshu he calls us to be Hashem we are a spark of God we are karosly I separated you I could respond who says from the amen so they say in the neighborhood he says we should be holy we should be distinctive we should be connected to our we should be in Oregon we should be a part of the world we should be part of society trying to cure cancer and heal all of the sick and and end homelessness and all those important Pursuits but we have to be kotos we have to be somewhat separate we have to be distinct from them and if we're not then if we don't know how to say kiddish then the they're going to learn how to say havdala they're going to make sure that we're going to remember that we are distinct because a specific identity for us and we need to maintain that for ourselves we don't want the to make Abdullah to remind us that we're separate as we've seen throughout Jewish history tragically [Music] thank you