Lessons on Behar
Exploitation through compound interest
The Torah commands us to not take interest when we give a loan. We should try to revive this Mitzva and bring the Geulah.
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu | Iyar 12 5782
Inventing Religion
If you're going to make up a religion, you'd better not make promises you can't keep. Parshat Behar contains a huge promise that only the Creator could make.
Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair | Iyar 10 5782
Moving Heaven and Earth
Har Sinai is a kind of conduit, a connector between Heaven & Earth. It’s message is that every act we perform, every Mitzva we keep, reverberates & impacts both above & below.
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Iyar 11 5782
On the Mount of Sinai
Life is never an easy climb, but climb it we must, to be able to stand at its peak, and truly observe life in society in a measured and wise way.
Rabbi Berel Wein | Iyar 11 5782
The Economics of Liberty
Judaism has no class system. We are all God’s children, all precious in His sight, each with a contribution to make to the common good.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Iyar 11 5782
What Makes Shemitta Special?
Shemitta is special in its requiring great faith in Hashem to fulfill, in essence relying upon a miracle. This mitzva comes with a promise that Hashem will decree a unique blessing in the sixth year to sustain us until the produce of that which is sown in the eighth year is ready for harvest.
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 8 5782
Shmita - Rest for the Man or for the Land?
Is it the land lying fallow that is the central theme, or are the Jews who do not work it during the shmita year the focus?
Rabbi Yonatan Kirsch | Cheshvan 7 5782
