Posts tagged with ‘Behar’

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Behar 5774

by Rabbi Yaakov Grunewald

The first portion of the Sidra of Behar continues with the theme relating to sacred times. It speaks of the Jewish calendar being divided into seven cycles each consisting of seven years, with the fiftieth year being observed as a Jubilee year. The seventh and the 50th years of the cycle are holy. The Torah […]

Behar-Bechukotai 5773

by Rabbi Yaakov Grunewald

  The Sidra of Behar is a relatively short Sidra and is devoted to holy periods of times which come only rarely.  It speaks about the year of release, called Sh’mittah, which occurs every seven years and the Jubilee year, which comes every 50 years. During the Sh’mittah years all agricultural activities have to cease. […]