B'har
בְּהַר
On Mount [Sinai]
Leviticus 25:1-26:2
When Is B'har Read?
/ 15 Iyar 5787
Summary
- God instructs Moses to tell the Israelites that in every seventh year, the land shall observe a Sabbath of complete rest: Fields should not be sown and vines should not be pruned. (25:1-7)
- After forty-nine years, a jubilee year is to be celebrated when all the land that had been sold during that time should be returned to its original owners and slaves are to be freed. (25:8-55)
- God instructs Moses to tell the Israelites not to make idols, to keep the sabbath, and to venerate the sanctuary of the Eternal. (26:1-2)
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Ten Minutes of Torah: B'har Commentary
Parashat B’har
By: Rabbi Stephanie Bernstein
Parashat B’har Study Guide Themes
Theme 1: Balancing Need and Obligation—Sabbatical Laws for the Land
Theme 2: Balancing the Economic Scale—Laws Protecting the People from Poverty
INTRODUCTION
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