ומן המקדש לא יצא . Every person must make of himself a servant of G–d, must sanctify himself so as to come as close to the sanctity of the High Priest as is possible. He should practice some solitude and avoid emerging from this communion with G–d to the extent his circumstances allow. He must be concerned that no blemish, physical or spiritual, should attach to him. His striving must be that he himself should qualify as an offering to G–d. Once he endeavors to do all this is he is considered קדוש לה'.

אותו ואת בנו לא תשחטו ביום אחד . The Zohar (Sullam edition page 24) poses the question that if this legislation of not slaughtering the young animal on the same day as the mother animal (22,28) is to save the mother animal the pain of watching its young killed, this could be avoided simply by keeping them apart. The true reason, however, is connected to the Jewish peoples's sense of empathy. To the extent that a person displays consideration for the feeling of others he in turn may find that such considerations of his own feelings will be a factor when he will be judged. The reverse is also true.

מועדי ה' אשר תקראו אותם מקראי קודש אלה הם מועדי . The thrust of the legislation is that the בית דין proclaims the dates when the various festivals are to be observed (23,2). You determine when to rejoice, when to eat festive meals. These festive meals should serve a spiritual purpose, just as did the delicacies Isaac ordered before blessing his son. When one approaches the חגים, Holidays, in this spirit, the second half of the verse אלה הם מועדי, "These are My festivals," will be true. If, however, these days are observed only as days when you fill your stomachs, indulge your body, then they are not "My festivals," but are vomit, excrement, concerning which the prophet has quoted G–d as saying: מועדיכם שנאה נפשי, "My soul hates your festivals” (Isaiah 1,14). I have discussed this at greater length in my treatise about the laws applicable to festivals.

I have pointed out that on the festivals a person must not be so preoccupied with chores that he thereby should lose the awareness of his special closeness to G–d on such days.