Every Human Is Super Special In A Way That No Other Person Can Come Near Him
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RSRH Zatzal explains that the idea of “Nazir” is “raising” a person who is striving to be alone with Hashem, and others have to keep away from him. His closeness to Hashem makes him higher and aloof compared to others. The same with the: ִצ יץTzitz of the Cohen Gadol, which is called שֶׁדֹקַּה רֶזֵנ כט ו “Nezer HaKodesh” (similar to Nazir).
The Shulchan, Aron, and Mizbeach all have a: ֵז ר crown. We can suggest that they are all messages, that: ֶכּ ֶת ר ְכּהוּ ָנה, ֶכּ ֶתר תּוֹ ָר ה , ְו ֶכ ֶת ַמ ר ְלכוּת the crown of Torah, the crown of Kehuna, and the crown of Malchus, are all Maalos which are exclusive to those who were Zoche to them.
A Cohen has to know that he is special, and nobody else can be like him. Look what happened to Uziyah Melech Yehuda when he wanted to do Avoda in the Bais Hamikdash; he became a Metzora and he had to spend the rest of his life outside Yerushalayim. And this is despite his being a big Tzaddik! And the same the other way around, i.e., a Cohen cannot be a Melech. Look how the Chashmonaim (i.e., Cohanim) were all killed out when they took over the Malchus, even though they were such Tzaddikim, that if not for them, the entire Torah would have been forgotten from Klal Yisroel! (Ramban).
My Unique Avoda Is Only for Me and Nobody Else
No matter how great you become, you have to realize that being Sameach B'chelko is before anything else! And even though: ֶכּ ֶת ר תּוֹ ָר ה the crown of Torah is Hefker (available) to all (Gemara); yet, whoever got too close to the Aron was killed, Rachmana Litzlan. A loud and clear message: The different forms of Kedusha are all exclusive to whoever is appropriate to them.
Around the Bais Hamikdash there was a latticework fence called the: וֹס ֵר ג “Soreg”, which was there to limit entry (i.e., a Tamei Meis and a gentile were not allowed in). We have a general message for every Yachid (individual): My unique Avoda is only for me, and nobody else. This makes everyone feel special.
And notice how those who are not Cohanim are called a: רָז stranger, whose punishment is: תָמוּי בֵרָקַּה רָזַּהְו במדבר ג לח death. םָלוֹעָה אָרְבִנ יִליִבְשִׁבּ רַמוֹל בָיַּח דָחֶאְו דָחֶא לָכּ א זל ןירדהנס Every person is obligated to say: “the entire universe was created just for me”, since each human is a world by himself, which no one else has any Shaychus with.
The Shem MiShmuel says (in the name of Chazal) that at Matan Torah, the Malachim kissed every single individual, and the Gr”a says that each person had his own private fence around him!
A Person Has His Own Unique Form of Suffering
In Mishlei it says: וֹשְׁפַנ תַֹרָמ ַﬠֵדוֹי בֵלמשלי יד י I may have my own unique form of suffering in this world, which others may not understand and/or appreciate, and therefore I suffer in silence. Yet, the end of the Passuk says: רָז בַרָﬠְתִי אֹל וֹתָחְמִשְׂבוּ when the time for my reward has come, it will all be just for me, without anyone else mixing into it.