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Granting Peace in Our Land: Observing our Greater Shabbatot (Parashat Behar and Parashat Bechukotai)

May 10, 2007 | By Marisa Elana James

Media Type(s): Torah Commentary

Textual Source: Leviticus

Torah Portion: Bechukotai, Behar

This resource is part of the Torah Queeries collection.

The author teaches that these Torah portions are meant to prevent us from becoming greedy. We are commanded to let the land rest every seventh year to acknowledge that it does not belong to us. Giving both people and land a fresh start is imperative and ensures that we are all refreshed and protected, and able to move forward after our rest. Similarly, we are seeing increasing number of people who are standing up for the rights of others who are not like them.

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