Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Holiness

Yoel ben Yisrael
7 min readJul 5, 2020

During societal injustice, is Believer silence violence?

Photo by Jessica Felicio on Unsplash

Whose Holiness Is It Anyway?

What does it mean to be holy? Does being holy mean staring into the sun whilst sitting cross-legged? Does being holy mean wearing all white clothing? Does being holy mean retiring profanity and derogatory colloquialisms, from our everyday speech? Does being holy mean engaging in asceticism?

Does being holy mean using VidAngel, or watching Pureflix in exclusivity? Does being holy involve posting Bible info-graphics and Scriptural memes on the socials, for the world to see? Does being holy mean that I must engage in acts of altruism? Does being holy mean that I have to be extraordinarily nice to everyone I meet, even if their worldview is diametrically opposed to my own? Does being holy mean being blissfully oblivious to episodes of police brutality?

Does being holy mean I stay silent during societal injustices?

Wholly Defining Holy

Let’s define what true holiness is, and subsequently examine The Rabbi who is the quintessential example of holiness. To the Torah!

It is to be a tsitsit for you to look at and thereby remember all of Adonai’s [commandments] and obey…

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