Q&A: Holiness
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Holiness
Question
You wrote that the fact that holiness is an ontic reality is proven from several Talmudic passages and medieval authorities (Rishonim). Can you write the sources here?
Answer
Holiness is a law that applies to the object itself, and according to most commentators, a law that applies to the object itself means something ontic. There are columns here that deal with object-based law and person-based law, and you can look there.