What is Holiness?

Key words:
ק.ד.ש. (k.d.sh.) - Hebrew root for holy
(kiddush, kadosh, kedusha, kaddish)
There are 9 Hebrew words with this root in the texts below! See if you can spot them.
sacred - holy
profane - not sacred
sanctify - make hol

אַתָּה קָדוֹשׁ וְשִׁמְךָ קָדוֹשׁ וּקְדוֹשִׁים בְּכָל־יוֹם יְהַלֲלוּךָ סֶּלָה. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יי הָאֵל הַקָּדוֹשׁ.

Holy are you. Your name is holy.

And all holy beings hail you each day.

Blessed are you, THE AWESOME ONE, the holy God.

-Siddur Kol Haneshama (p. 300-301)

נְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת שִׁמְךָ בָּעוֹלָם, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁמַּקְדִּישִׁים אוֹתוֹ בִּשְׁמֵי מָרוֹם, כַּכָּתוּב עַל יַד נְבִיאֶֽךָ, וְקָרָא זֶה אֶל זֶה וְאָמַר:

קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ יְיָ צְבָאוֹת, מְלֹא כָל הָאָֽרֶץ כְּבוֹדוֹ.

אַדִּיר אַדִּירֵנוּ יְיָ אַדֹנֵינוּ מָה אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ!

בָּרוּךְ כְּבוֹד יְיָ, מִמְּקוֹמוֹ.

Kedusha - The Holiness Prayer

We sanctify your name throughout this world, as it is sanctified in the heavens above. As it is written by Your prophet:

Holy, holy, holy is THE RULER of the Multitudes of Heaven! All the world is filled with divine glory!

Source of strength, Sovereign One, how majestic is Your presence in all the earth!

Blessed is the presence of God.

--> How does this text describe God?

--> What do you think "the presence of God" means?

“The basic meaning of kedushah is separating the ‘general’ and paying attention to the particular.”
-The Orthodox Union (adapted)
--> Can you think of any examples of this contrast between "general" and "particular" in Judaism or your life?

"When we announce in the Kedushah, “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts; the whole world is full of God’s glory,” it is not that we are seeing God as separate from our world. Rather, we are seeing God as entering our world and raising it up."
-Jonathan R. Cohen (adapted)
-->How can we interpret the Kedusha based on this idea?