(The same can be said about the commentaries of Ibn Ezra and Rav S.R. (One theory is that during these thirty-eight years they remained in and about Kadesh.). View all posts by hebrewwordlessons. to Ex. But there is a weakness to Rashi’s approach. So, many of the people of Israel did not recognize that Yeshua was, and is, the Holy One of God, but the Gospel of Mark noted that the spiritual realm, even the diabolical spirits, recognized Yeshua’s divinity: Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and as soon as the Sabbath began, Jesus entered the synagogue and began to teach. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? Salem Media Group. The modern scholarly work Koehler-Baumgartner also suggests “separation” as the original concrete meaning of the root K-D-Sh. Thus it seems that, according to Rashi, the instruction to be kadosh is not something that applies to all the commandments. With His death we became redeemed and our soul, no longer separated from God, was prepared for the Holy Spirit. But you can skip much of the etymological discussions, and still gain much! So the word Holy means consecrated, dedicated, set apart… Holy in Triplicate Perhaps the most famous passage regarding the Hebrew word Holy is found in the writings of the prophet Isaiah. However, unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author is prohibited. Website designed by Addicott Web. What is the origin of the term “Kiddush Hashem”? Yeshua is the Holy One of God, set apart and dedicated to be the sacrificial offering that sets us free. Kadosh [from Hebrew qodesh consecrated, holy] One of the degrees pertaining to Freemasonry, associated with the Knights Templars, instituted at Lyons, France, 1743.See also QODESH Dictionary source: Rakefet More: English to English translation of Kadosh 1915. 19:2. This is the 3rd video in Rebekah's block \"12 Basic Hebrew Words.\" Rebekah (not a native Hebrew speaker) gives simple understanding to 12 Hebrew words: YHVH, Yahshua, Ruach ha'Kodesh, Shabbat, Mo'edim, Mikvah, Melchizedek (still to come: Elohim, Shalom Aleikhem, Teshuvah, Ahmein and Israel). But one source that agrees with this is S.D. As to its original meaning, of course it is possible that K-D-Sh was a root that fundamentally meant something abstract, e.g., “imbued with a divine quality.” But, as S.D. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. 22:30 and Lev. It is such an awesome responsibility to be God’s reflection on earth… and only through the redemption of Yeshua can we be Holy. Rabbi Avi Weiss founded YCT in 1999. 1 Καδης: in south of Judah Genesis 16:14 (J), Genesis 20:1 (E), in מִדְבַּר מָּארָן Numbers 13:26 (P), specifically צִן ׳מ Numbers 20:1; Numbers 33:36, compare קָדֵשׁ … In a way, it was like shouting from the roof-top. What he then heard were three erudite, persuasive and systematic explanations of what holiness means in Judaism. The ish ha-da’at, the universal religious person, as Rav Soloveitchik terms it, is the religious figure who sees the escape from the body as a prerequisite for spiritual striving. YHWH: A RUIN, A RUIN, A RUIN, I will make it! Later on Yeshua’s disciples recognize that He was the Holy One: From that time on, many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.