(12)Fashion a pure heart for me, O God;create in me a steadfast spirit.

(3) Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what G8D meant by saying:
Through those near to Me I show Myself holy, And gain glory before all the people.”
And Aaron was silent.

‎‎ '‏וגו‎‎‎ 'הוא אשר דבר ה‎ THIS IS WHAT YHVH SPOKE, etc. — Where had G8d spoken this? In the statement (Exodus 29:43), “And there I will be met by the children of Israel and it (the Tabernacle) shall be sanctified by My glory (בכבודי).” Read not here בִכְבוֹדִי, “by My Glory” but בִּמְכֻבָּדַי, “through My honoured ones” (Zevachim 115b). Moses here said to Aaron: “My brother, Aaron! I knew that this House was to be sanctified by those who are beloved of the Omnipresent G8d and I thought it would be either through me or through thee; now I see that these are greater than me and than you” (Leviticus Rabbah 12 2).

קדשים תהיו YOU SHALL BE HOLY — This means, keep aloof from the forbidden sexual relations just mentioned and from sinful thoughts. [It is evident that this is the meaning of קדשים תהיו because] wherever you find in the Torah a command to fence yourself in against such relations you also find mention of “holiness". Examples are: (Leviticus 21:7) “[They shall not take] a wife that is a harlot, or a profane etc.", and in the next verse "for I, the Lord, who sanctify you, [am holy]"; (Leviticus 21:15) “Neither shall he profane his seed (by the forbidden unions mentioned in the preceding verses) for I the Lord do sanctify him"; (Leviticus 21:6) "They shall be holy… followed by (v. 7) "[they shall not take] a wife that is a harlot or a profane" (cf. Vayikra Rabbah 24:4-6).

(21) He inquired of the locals, “Where is the ‘attendant,’ the one at Enaim, by the road?” But they said, “There has been no ‘attendant’ here.” (22) So he returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her; moreover, the locals said: There has been no ‘attendant’ here.”

(18) No Israelite woman shall be a consecrated worker, nor shall any Israelite man be a consecrated worker.

(3)And one would call to the other,“Holy, holy, holy! GOD of Hosts—
Whose presence fills all the earth!”

GEMARA: a woman is acquired in three ways. The Gemara asks: What is different here that this mishna teaches: A woman is acquired, using קנה and what is different there, in the beginning of the next chapter (42a), which teaches: A man betroths, ןמ the language of acquisition because he wanted to teach about betrothal through money, which is the standard means of exchange in an act of acquisition.

Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King of the Universe, Who has sanctified us with his commandments and commanded us to be immersed in words of Torah.

(10) The explanation of the matter of the gates and names, is that they would use the power of a holy name that relates to the Sefirah of that level, to bind by oath, the angel that is rooted to that level. That angel is appointed to guard the gate of that firmament itself, which is the substance (Chomer) of that level, and the gate also has a known name, which the angel would open. The thought of that prophet would then ascend by way of that gate from one light to the next light, until it reached the inner light of the Sefirah of that level itself. He would then pray and make the unification (Yichud) needed for that level, and in this manner, he would ascend from level to level.

Part Four