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Our Parashiyot, Tazri'a and Metzora deal with the spirit of defilement: "Thus shall you separate the children of Israel from their uncleaness... when they defile....[Vayikra 15:31] . Defilement, in the words of the Holy Zohar, result from stern judgement, i.e. one sided stringency. What is demanded is the complement of chesed - mercy, grace, and love.
Esau represents stern justice as the heir of Isaac. The Zohar, on the Parasha of Metzora [Sulam no. 59] states: "Esau will be punished and the Temple will be rebuilt. This Temple is called 'first,' as stated in Yirmiya 17:12: "A glorious throne exalted from the first." When we offer good tidings about Zion and Jerusalem and merge their qualities, then "the walls of Jerusalem will reach on high to the Throne of the King....Then the light of the moon [Jerusalem] shall be as the light of the sun [Zion], and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold" [Yeshaya 30:26].
The defilement by word as disparagement of the Holy City limits the Holy from entering our world. As Rav Steinsaltz has taught:"The holiness of the Holy Land has nothing to do with who the inhabitants are or what they do; it is a choice from on high, beyond human comprehension" [ibid p72]. Why then shall we be guilty of words that disparage the Holy City and its inhabitants? To be ‘motze shem ra’- a Metzora - is thus a calumny against the Holy and prevents that sanctity from infusing all of life.
Those of us who have been privileged to live in the Holy City must serve as an example of speaking "good" of Jerusalem and seeking its good. Holiness is not that which is great, good, noble or beautiful. It is the merging of all in the Oneness that will re-create our worlds.
Go out and spread the word of holiness from Jerusalem, for it is here and now. It has a ripple effect and will make the world fit for redemption.
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