Parshas Behar-Bechukosai
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ובשנה השביעית שבת שבתון יהיה לארץ…שדך לא תזרע וכרמך לא תזמר (פרק כה פסוק ד) The Torah tells us about the mitzvah of שמיטה, how every seven years a person must let their fields lay fallow. The Yalkut Shimoni quotes a פסוק in תהלים קג:כ, “Bless Hashem, O […]
The Energy of life: Self-Subjugation
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In ויקרא כה:מז-נה, Leviticus 25:47-55, we are taught the scenario of a destitute Jew, whose only manner to support his family is to contract himself as a slave to a non-Jew. In verse 55, the Torah admonishes the Jew to remember that “for the בני ישראל, the Children […]
