May 22, 2025 | 24 Iyyar, 5785 - 39th day of the Omer | Torah Portion: Behar Bechukosai, Leviticus 25:1-27:34 | Haftorah: Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
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The Omer
Counting the Days of Growth
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Parsha Summary for Parshas Behar & Bechukosai
Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person ...read more
Trust in Hashem and the Consequences of Faithlessness
Haftarah for Bechukosai — Yirmiyahu 16:19–17:14
Theme: Trust in Hashem and the Consequences of Faithlessness
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The Haftarah opens ...read more
Eternal Relationship with Hashem and His Land
BEHARYirmiyahu 32:6–27
Eternal Relationship with Hashem and His LandThis week’s Haftarah attests to the eternal relationship between the Jewish ...read more
I Do, Therefore I Am
"When you make a sale to your fellow..."(25:14)
Based upon the sequence of the verses, the Talmud teaches how severe is the impact of ...read more
Arvus – Communal Responsibility
The Story
Sarah was thrilled to finally have her friend from across the street, Liya, come over to her house to play one afternoon. The two ...read more
Green Energy and Source Power
This week's Torah portion begins by outlining in great detail the laws of the Sabbatical year, where the entire land demonstrated that the ...read more
Freedom, Jubilee and You
"And you will count seven Shmitah {Sabbatical} cycles -- seven years, seven times -- forty-nine years . . . and you will sanctify the fiftieth ...read more
Blind Faith
The commandment of Shemitah is a test of our faith and an examination in our true belief in the Almighty's ability to sustain us. The Torah ...read more
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Forty-Nine Or Fifty?[1]
Until the morrow of the seventh week, you shall count fifty days.[2]
This pasuk puts quite a strain on any regard we may have for arithmetic. ...read more
It Means NO!
And HASHEM said to Moshe: Speak to the kohanim, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: (LO – LAMED-ALEPH) Do not let anyone defile himself for a ...read more
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