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From the moment the Jewish People stood at the foot of Mount Sinai ready to receive the Torah, they were given a mission of holiness [Shemot 19:6]: “You shall be for me a Kingdom of Priests (
Kohanim) and a holy nation”. In the portion of Kedoshim, the Torah gets down to the nitty-gritties of how to implement their mission. The portion begins with an overarching directive [Vayikra 19:2]: “You shall be holy, for I, your G-d, am holy.” The Torah then continues with a rapid burst of commandments – fifty one of them, to be exact – of every shape and size: commandments between man and his fellow man and commandments between man and G-d, commandments relating to agriculture, t