Emor: Holy and perfect

Emor: Holy and  perfect 

For the sacrificial rite, everything has to be perfect. The animal -unblemished, the priest - free of defects - limbs intact, face symmetric, eyebrows separated. .  This is the performance and no imperfection is tolerated. Kodesh,  is not tolerant, it stands in contrast to our Northwest,  Americans with Disabilites Act, values.  

Impurity  of thought is also a defect. The half breed comes along and questions the rite. He pokes holes (וְנֹקֵ֤ב ) in the process  What does Passover mean to him? His paternal ancestors were plagued and drowned,  Justice is reserved for the better castes: priests, Levites - not half breeds

The system cannot tolerate  his treason. He is taken out and stoned, killed in  a process of public participation. 

See what Holiness hath wrought. Holiness destroys the defective. . Holiness stones the deviant.

The coda of the parsha: מִשְׁפַּ֤ט אֶחָד֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם כַּגֵּ֥ר כָּאֶזְרָ֖ח יִהְיֶ֑ה Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for the home-born One justice for all.

Be Holy. Gd is Holy