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Our Rabbi's Message
May 2nd 2008
By Rabbi Aaron KriegelIt is hard to be holy. To be holy means to separate yourself from all that is evil. To be holy means only to do good. To be holy means to find the divine in the mundane. To be holy means not to waste food. To be holy means sharing ones wealth with those who have no wealth. To be holy means speaking kindly of all people, even when you do not like them, even when they are not in your presence...
To be holy means never having to excuse a wrong action. To be holy means admitting when you are wrong. To be holy means never blaming another when things go wrong. To be holy means recognizing that the world was not made only for you. To be holy means another person's suffering hurts you.
To be holy means that you have the ability to reflect upon your words and deeds. To be holy means you have the capacity to choose to do good. To be holy means that you only choose to make the world better. To be holy means that you will never curse the deaf. To be holy means that you will never put a stumbling block before the blind.
To be holy means that you are one of God's chosen, and so is every person of every faith and every color and every culture who realizes that how small the earth is and how large the heavens are. To be holy is the goal of good people and people of faith wherever they live. It is not a Jewish concept; it is a human concept.
Holy people sanctify every moment of life. Holy people do not waste time.
Holiness is the goal of a well lived life
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