[Mesorah] Nekadesh

[Michael Poppers]

> Now I'm trying to think of how this understanding could explain why one
is mekadesh a woman but makdish a korban. <
The former case requires a response from the object of your action in order
to complete the accomplishment; the latter does not.

Dare I throw in one of those "I was curious" questions: what's the
difference (if any) between "qodesh" and "qadosh"? and is it related to
what RDC noted?  Thanks.

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:42 PM, David Cohen <ddcohen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Presumably, "nekadesh" is binyan pi'el, whereas "nakdishach" is binyan
> hif'il.  Hif'il is often (though not always) a causative form.
>
> I never really thought about this before, but perhaps "nekadeish es
> shimcha" -- we can actively make Hashem's *name* holy, but "nakdishecha" --
> we can only indirectly *cause* Hashem himself to be holy (by acknowledging
> Him as such), but in a less active way.
>
> It's also interesting to note the continuation: "*Nekadeish* es shimcha
> ba'olam kesheim *shemakdishim* oso bishmei marom."  Although we emulate the
> shevach offered by the malachim, perhaps their shevach is "worth less" then
> ours  (think of the piyut "Asher Ometz Gevurasecha" from shacharis on Yom
> Kippur), and that is why even with regard to Hashem's name, their power is
> limited to being "makdish" and not "mekadesh".
>
> Now I'm trying to think of how this understanding could explain why one is
> mekadesh a woman but makdish a korban.
>
> -- D.C.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Gershon Dubin <gershon.dubin at juno.com>wrote:
>
>> Is the binyan of nekadesh (es shimcha ba'olam) and makdishim the same or
>> different?  If different why;  if not how does nakdishach fit in?
>>
>> Gershon
>> gershon.dubin at juno.com
>>
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