Acharei Mos
The pasuk tells us "Happy is the man whose sin Hashem doesn't hold against him, and in his spirit there is no deceit."
If someone has sinned why doesn't Hashem hold him accountable and if he hasn't sinned why would there be deceit in his soul?
It is referring to someone before they go to sleep at night. If someone confesses his aveiros before he retires at night and doesn't wait for Hashem to tally up his deeds of the day, there is no deceit in such a person. Such a person has laid out his heart and soul to G-d and thus is praiseworthy.
If someone has sinned why doesn't Hashem hold him accountable and if he hasn't sinned why would there be deceit in his soul?
It is referring to someone before they go to sleep at night. If someone confesses his aveiros before he retires at night and doesn't wait for Hashem to tally up his deeds of the day, there is no deceit in such a person. Such a person has laid out his heart and soul to G-d and thus is praiseworthy.
Kedoshim
"Kedoshim te'heiyu ki kadosh Ani," "You should be holy because I am holy."
The Midrash in Yalkut Shimoni (Remez 546) writes that this means that just as Hashem is removed from physical pleasures, so should we be. The question here is that how can we remove ourselves from all things physical, because we are in fact physical beings –– with a neshama –– but still physical.
The idea here is to remember that despite our physicality, we have this spiritual piece inside of us and although our ruach, our spirit, and our nefesh, our mind-body connection, can sin in thought and action, our actual neshama remains pure. It is a piece of G-d that is closeted within our physical body, and it is removed from our thoughts and actions. It remains pure and urges us to follow after it.
Source: Zera Shimshon Parshios Acharei Mos, Kedoshim
The Midrash in Yalkut Shimoni (Remez 546) writes that this means that just as Hashem is removed from physical pleasures, so should we be. The question here is that how can we remove ourselves from all things physical, because we are in fact physical beings –– with a neshama –– but still physical.
The idea here is to remember that despite our physicality, we have this spiritual piece inside of us and although our ruach, our spirit, and our nefesh, our mind-body connection, can sin in thought and action, our actual neshama remains pure. It is a piece of G-d that is closeted within our physical body, and it is removed from our thoughts and actions. It remains pure and urges us to follow after it.
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