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Rabbi Saltzman and Cantor Schloss discuss Parashat Emor, "כלי קדוש" (sacred vessels), and wish they had some questions to answer from the community!


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Text Rabbi Saltzman and Cantor Schloss discuss Parashat Emor, "כלי קדוש" (sacred vessels), and wish they had some questions to answer from the community!

Rabbi Saltzman: You know what, it seems to me that we're not getting any questions from the people who are watching the videos. We've been so excited about hearing what people might be asking, but...nothing!

Cantor Schloss: I think, I hope people watching it will agree that so far we've come up with some pretty good topics, but if we need to keep coming up with the original topics for each of these videos, I think they're going to start get a little bit boring, a little stale. We need to hear from you, if you're watching this video please give us a question so we can you know, answer those questions that are most pressing that you find most interesting.

Rabbi: Like how boring? like quoting from leviticus, and quoting from the parsha?

Cantor: Why don't we start with this week's torah portion?

Rabbi: Yeah, you think that's uninspiring? So let's look, this week's parsha, Parshat Emor, is all about the priestly obligations.

Cantor: Does it involve robes, and breastplates and all that?

Rabbi: Yes, all of that. All of that. But then it says something that's actually interesting. In describing the priests, it says that "for they are holy to their God, that the priests are holy to their God" and then in a comment in the Etz Chayim chumash, it says this "rabbis and cantors are no different that other jews. they have no special powers, no obligations on them that do not apply to all Jews. 10 shoemakers can make a minyan, but 9 rabbis cannot. Nonetheless, they are considered klei kodesh, instruments of holiness, because through their knowledge and teaching, and through their life, character, and commitments, they show a way to the life of holiness." So what do you think of that?

Cantor: I think it's very true. You know, klei, which literally means vessels, so if we are as rabbis and cantors vessels of holiness, I think it says something. if you think of a vessel of holiness, if you think of a kiddush cup, its only a cup until it has wine in it, or something that you actually make kiddush, on its own, its you know, nice looking, and we value them, but it isn't really a kiddush cup until you put something into it, until its used for that purpose. So I guess we are klei kodesh in that way. Because we aren't because of who we are, like a priest, holy in some way, but maybe we help the congregation, or help the people that we serve, to be more holy.

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