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פָּתַח רִבִּי יוֹסֵי וְאָמַר, כְּתִיב (ויקרא כ׳:ז׳) וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם וִהְיִיתֶם קְדוֹשִׁים. מַאן דִּמְקַדֵּשׁ גַּרְמֵיהּ מִלְּרַע, מְקַדְּשִׁין לֵיהּ מִלְעֵילָּא. מַאן דְּמַסְאִיב גַּרְמֵיהּ מִלְּרַע, מְסָאֲבִין לֵיהּ מִלְעֵילָּא. מְקַדְּשִׁין לֵיהּ מִלְעֵילָּא יָאוּת, דְּהָא קְדוּשָּׁה דְּמָארֵיהּ שַׁרְיָא עָלֵיהּ, אֲבָל מְסָאֲבִין לֵיהּ מֵאָן אֲתַר. וְאִי תֵּימָא מִלְּעֵילָּא, וְכִי מְסָאֲבוּתָא שַׁרְיָא לְעֵילָּא. As R. Hiya and R. Jose were once going from Usha to Tiberias, the latter said: ‘It is written, “Ye shall sanctify yourselves and ye shall be holy” (Lev. 11, 44). We know that if a man sanctifies himself here below, he is further sanctified from above, and that if he defiles himself here below, he is further defiled from above. Now that he should be sanctified from above is fit and proper, since the holiness of his Master rests upon him; but from whence is he defiled? From above? And is there, then, defilement above?’