Why Does the Torah Demand Holiness from Everyone, Not Only Leaders and Religious Elites?
Why does the Torah take holiness out of the sanctuary and place it in the ordinary life of an entire people?
This Hagut Yosef essay focuses on the opening of Parashat Kedoshim, where the call to holiness is addressed to the whole community. The source presents holiness as something expressed in ordinary life: work, justice, treatment of vulnerable people, relationships, and respect for human dignity. Broader historical comparisons in the source are not treated here as proven claims of direct political causation.