Rung 1 of 8
The story
What happens, plainly.
Hashem tells Moshe to speak to the whole community of Israel: you shall be holy, because I, Hashem your G‑d, am holy. Then holiness is spelled out in daily life. Fear your mother and father and keep Shabbat; leave the corners of your field and the fallen grapes for the poor and the stranger; do not steal or lie, do not hold back a worker's wages overnight, do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind. Judge fairly, do not go about as a talebearer, do not hate your brother in your heart, take no revenge and bear no grudge, and love your neighbor as yourself. Rise before the old, love the stranger, and keep honest weights and measures. The parsha ends with the penalties for giving children to Molech, for consulting the dead and for forbidden unions, and with Hashem saying He has set Israel apart to be His.