Kedoshim Roundup

Kedoshim means "holy" and the Parshah of Kedoshim begins with G-d telling us: "You should be holy because I, your G-d, am holy." But how can we be holy? By doing the mitzvot that G-d commands. The rest of the Parshah Kedoshim gives us many different mitzvot through which we can be holy. Some of the mitzvot given in this Parshah are:

• do not lie

• do not steal

• don't swear falsely

• don't withhold your worker's wages--if somebody works for you, pay him right away

• don't bear a grudge

• don't take revenge

• don't spread gossip about others

• keep Shabbat

• stand up when somebody respectable comes into the room

• give charity to the poor

• respect the elderly

• when a person gathers the wheat from his field, he should leave a corner for poor people

• and a very important mitzvah: "Love your fellow as yourself."