Sanctity is achieved through immersion in Torah. Rav Pinchus Koritzer writes that the or haganuz (the hidden light) that Hashem concealed during creation, is hidden in the thirty six sections of the Shas. Learning Torah purifies our soul. In fact the Ramchal notes that if a rasha would learn Torah, he would repent, because the Torah awakens us, overtakes the evil inside of us, and brings us back to Hashem.
The more effort we invest and the more desire we have to attain purity, the more Hashem will assist us. Rav Auerbach notes that there is a hint in the verse, “Lifnei mi atem mitaherim…. Before whom do you purify yourself and who will purify you….” Mi is the numerical equivalent of fifty. If we purify ourselves during the forty nine days of sefirah, Hashem will sanctity us on the fiftieth day, Shavuot.
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