The mitzvah of shemita requires every Jew (in the Land of Israel) to refrain from working the land during every 7th year. This was not just ..
Written by Andrew Savage
“I will remember My covenant with Yaakov and also My covenant with Yitzchak, and also My covenant with Avraham will I remember; and I will remember the land” ..
Written by Anonymous
“Im Bechukosai Taylaychu” (Vayikra 26:3). This, the last Parsha in Vayikra begins by discussing the good things that will happen when Klal Yisrael will ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
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Written by Benjamin A Rose
Immediately after the curses (should we fail to observe the mitzvos) in our sedra we have the portion which deals with the values of people should they donate the monetary ..
Written by d fine
The prohibition of temurah is mentioned at the very end of sedra (27:33), whereby one who donates a korban to the Mikdash is not allowed to swap it with a different ..
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Rashi famously writes that the words in the pasuk im bechukosai telechu (26:3) refer to toiling in the study of Torah (ameilus baTorah). A central feature of learning ..
Written by d fine