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Ramban on Leviticus 22:32/רמב"ן על ויקרא כ״ב:ל״ב
אוְטַעַם וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל דַּעַת רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (תו"כ פרק ט ד) מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה, שֶׁנְּקַדֵּשׁ אֶת שְׁמוֹ בַּמִּצְוֹת לֵהָרֵג עֲלֵיהֶן וְלֹא נַעֲבֹר. וְזֶה טַעַם "הַמּוֹצִיא אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לִהְיוֹת לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִים", שֶׁהוּא טַעַם יִכְלֹל כָּל הַמִּצְוֹת שֶׁרָאוּי לְקַדֵּשׁ שְׁמוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם בַּעֲבוּר שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ עֲבָדָיו אֲשֶׁר גְּאָלָנוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם:
1AND I WILL BE HALLOWED AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. The meaning thereof according to the opinion of our Rabbis163 9:4: “When it states, And I will be hallowed it means: ‘be ready to die and hallow My Name.’” is that it constitutes a positive commandment, that we sanctify His Name by observing the commandments, and that [under certain circumstances] we submit to death rather than transgress them.164 This is the explanation of the following verse, That brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your G-d,165 which is a reason including all the commandments, meaning that it is fitting for them to sanctify His Name because we are His servants whom He has redeemed from Egypt.