[Avodah] Underlying Truth of the Realm Holiness in Israel

[Akiva Miller]

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R' Micha Berger wrote:

> Addressing the first clause, the Meshekh Chokhmah repeatedly
> explains that qedushah of an item or location is never inherent;
> it is always the consequence of a person embuing it.
>
> Qedushah is only inherent to Hashem. People can make things
> qadosh when they dedicate them to avodas Hashem.
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> As I wrote here in 2009
> <http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol26/v26n191.shtml#07>
> According to the Meshech Chokhmah, all qedushah derives from
> human activity. There is no such thing as an inherently holy
> place or object.

I can think of a couple of challenges to this idea. The most obvious
one would be Shabbos.

I'll agree that nothing is inherently qadosh. Things need to *become*
qadosh. But the example of Shabbos suggests that this can be done by
Hashem, not only humans.

Akiva Miller