The State of Israel cannot be merely to protect Jews from enemies. Jewish education must not be simply an antidote to assimilation and intermarriage. The world of against is an historic failure. I nodded my head solemnly, for that is exactly what I had always been taught. Shabbos is holy because it is separate from weekdays.
Marriage is holy because it separates the couple from the rest of the world.
The Children of Israel are holy because they are separated from all other peoples. Holiness is the opposite of separation, Holiness is Oneness, unity. He said, continuing. The essence of a marriage is that two people become one. The more they turn to and join each other, cleaving unto each other, the holier they are.