Shnayim Yomi - Emor - Rishon - #1- Rabbi Meir Gavriel Elbaz

[Music] First, in the beginning of this week's parad, the Torah speaks about uh some marital laws that are specific only to kanim. And the question becomes that all of are holy. Why are there certain laws uh and privileges that only apply to Kuwanim as opposed to the rest of so to answer this question of Shimankap the legendary Rashiva of Grna discusses this in his and he explains that because Kuanim were tasked with many many of the avodash the services in beta mikdash their sensitivity to things became heightened as a result of their exalted holiness. Which means he says that when a person is the holier a person is the more sensitive thing the more sensitive he is to things which other people may not be. And therefore, whereas for the rest of it is permissible to marry a divorcee and all of the other women that are but because their holiness, their sanctity is so fine-tuned to be in line with the demands of the beta mikdash, their limitations are also um that they are also attuned to that level of holiness that they are. So you see from here something very important that sometimes when people think that aman you know we have so many limitations so many things which are forbidden that's only because if you think about it for a second goim only has seven mitzvot amissan is 613 specifically all of those tasks and limitations are really not they're really proclamations of the holiness the sanctity and the purity of aman as a [Music]