דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּהְי֑וּ כִּ֣י קָד֔וֹשׁ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃
Magsalita ka sa buong kapulungan ng mga anak ni Israel at sabihin mo sa kanila: Kayo ay magiging banal, sapagkat Ako, ang Walang-Hanggan na inyong Diyos, ay banal.
Noam Elimelekh
Speak to all of the community of the children of Israel (Lev. 19:2). It seems that we can explain that behold, the complete tzadikim are called Israel, and the tzadikim that are not complete are called Children of Israel, and the Holy One of Blessing commanded "speak to all the children of Israel" and the explanation is that all are equal in goodness for this level, "be holy" that is a great level, "because I, Ad-nai, am holy" etc - the explanation is that the essence of holiness is to align oneself at all times with the Godliness that "I am Ad-nai", and from that aspect all, every single one, can be holy.
Noam Elimelekh
And this is "Speak to all of the community of the children of Israel, holy" - meaning, this is the thing that is equal to all souls, to make oneself holy in the holiness of the Creator Blessed Be, "because I AM holy etc" and you are My piece from above, and it is appropriate that all of the community of Israel should be holy, and the Text says "a man, his father and mother you should fear" - meaning, every person will be in awe in seeing the place where they came from, their father and mother, as the tanna says "from where... from a drop etc" and this is when a person aligns with their smallness, and this is what King David PBUH said "in sin my mother conceived me", "and My Shabbatot you will observe" and this is the greatness of God, that this is the renewal of the world, as it is written "and God rested on the seventh day", and two shabbatot: through that you will maintain the lower Shabbat and then you will fix the Upper Shabbat, and this is the doubling of the word Shabbatot, meaning, the Shabbat below and on us it is incumbent to unify one Shabbat with the other.
Noam Elimelekh
"I am Ad-nai your God" - meaning even the attribute of Judgment transforms itself into Compassion, and immediately all the world is filled with good things. And this is "do not turn to other gods" that you shouldn't turn your thoughts from God. "And melted gods don't do for yourselves" since automatically you won't have to worry about silver and gold at all.