This week’s Torah portion, Kedoshim, delineates a multitude of mitzvos through which we can achieve sanctity, covering a wide variety of subjects, both positive commandments and negative injunctions. We are commanded to:

• Honor and fear our parents
• Guard the Shabbat from desecration
• Refrain from the worship of idols
• G-D instructs us to leave various gifts from our harvest for the poor and downtrodden. We must maintain justice, have honest dealings with our neighbors, refrain from tale bearing, and generally care for others as we do ourselves.

The portion concludes with the commandments, once again, that we maintain a holiness and distinction from the other nations of the world.