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The sanctity and unity of the Jewish Nation affected rectification for lost holiness.

From the Ohr HaChaim commentary by Rabbi Chaim (ben Moshe) ibn Attar

Zohar teaches that the purpose of the Israelites' trek through the desert was to enable the Israelites to seek out isolated sparks of sanctity and to release them from captivity. This required total sanctity, i.e. a combination of the complete sanctity of Israel, the Divine Presence and the holy Torah.

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