Side-ring EXTRA · Sanctification as imitation
Torah Temimah is silent on 20:08. Sifra reads “I am Hashem who sanctifies you” as a demand of likeness, not only of obedience.
English: “I am Hashem who sanctifies you” — just as I am holy, so you be holy.
Imitatio Dei through chukim
Keeping the statutes is not only compliance. The closing phrase of the verse frames obedience as participation in divine kedushah: the One who sanctifies Israel requires Israel to mirror that holiness.