Behar

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Behar: G-d and Man

Rabbi Jay Kelman

We tend to categorize mitzvot as either mitzvot between man and G-d or mitzvot between man and man. Tzedakah is a mitzva between man and man whereas blowing the shofar is a mitzva between man and G-d. While it is true that certain mitzvot focus on…
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Parshat Shavua 5784 with weekly guest speakers (Behar)

Rabbi Moshe Shulman

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Behar: Climbing the Mountain

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Many a great and historic event took place on a mountain. Noach’s ark rested on Mount Arrarat allowing for the continuation of humanity. Avraham took Isaac to be sacrificed on Mount Moriah, later to become the place of Solomon’s Temple, known today…
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Parshat Shavua 5783 with weekly guest speaker (Behar/Bechukotai)

Rabbi Moshe Shulman

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Behar: Interest Rates are Falling

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“I am the Lord your G-d, Who took you out of the land of Egypt”. While we associate these words with the first of the aseret hadibrot, the words above are actually taken from this week’s parsha. “If your brother becomes impoverished...do…
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Parshat Shavua 5782 with weekly guest speaker (Behar)

Shira Hecht-Koller

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Parshat Shavua 5781 with weekly guest speaker (Behar- Bechukotai)

Rabbi Shaul Robinson

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The Haftarot: How to Profit from the Prophets (Parshat Behar- Bechukotai)

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

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Behar-Bechukotai: Judaism and Slavery: Are We That Archaic?

Rabbi Eitan Aviner

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Behar: Working for G-d

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Torah was wary of the employer-employee relationship. Almost by definition, an employee is not much different than a slave; both are told what to do, when to do it and how it is to be done. “For [all of] you are slaves unto Me” (…
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