Shaar Hashamaim(Gate of Heaven) Synagogue, Thane
New User? Log In


Behar Sinai

On the mountain of Sinai, G-d communicates to Moses the laws of the Sabbatical year: every seventh year, all work on the land should cease, and its produce becomes free for the taking for all, man and beast. Seven Sabbatical cycles are followed by a fiftieth year—the Jubilee year, on which work on the land ceases, all indentured servants are set free, and all ancestral estates in the Holy Land that have been sold revert to their original owners. Behar also contains additional laws governing the sale of lands, and the prohibitions against fraud and usury.



Commentary and Graphics Source: www.Chabad.org


Behukkothai

G-d promises that if the people of Israel will keep His commandments, they will enjoy material prosperity and dwell secure in their homeland. But He also delivers a harsh “rebuke,” warning of the exile, persecution and other evils that will befall them if they abandon their covenant with Him. Nevertheless, “Even when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away; nor will I ever abhor them, to destroy them and to break My covenant with them; for I am the L-rd their G-d.” The Parshah concludes with the rules on how to calculate the values of different types of pledges made to G-d, and the mitzvah of tithing produce and livestock.



Commentary and Graphics Source: www.Chabad.org


Copyright 2020 - Shaar Hashamaim(Gate of Heaven) Synagogue, Thane. All rights reserved. Hosting sponsored by: Raymond Jacob Ramrajkar Concept, Design & Development by Abimelekh Pinhas Bhastekar.
Subject matter expert advice and Calendar Credits : Moses Abraham Phansapurkar & Raymond Jacob Ramrajkar. Application testing & validation : David Isaac Ghosalkar
Reproduction, distribution, or transmission in any form or fashion, without written consent from the author is punishable under the national and international copyright laws.