Lessons on Behar

articles on Behar

Evolution or Revolution?

Weekly Shiur of Rav Jonathan Sacks for the weekly portion "Behar"

The Earth is the Lord's

Weekly Shiur of Rav Zalman Melamed for the weekly portion "Bechukotai"

The Earth is the Lord's

A Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly Torah reading of "Behar- Bechukotai".

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.

4 min

National Glory: Our Land, Our Torah

Rabbi Hillel Mertzbach | 25 Iyar 5785

Parashat Hashavua: About Optimism in Times of Crisis

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5785

Belief and disbelief

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 18 Sivan 5784

Ask the rabbi: what are the special customs for Lag b'omer?

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 18 Sivan 5784

Days of Re-establishment – How We Come Before Him in Praise – part II

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 18 Sivan 5784

2 min

Easy Money?

Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 16 Iyar 5784

Minority Rights

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | 4 Iyar 5784

B’HAR

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | 22 Shvat 5784

65 Lessons on Behar

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Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Rabbi Yinon Grossberg
Rabbi David Dudkevitz
Rabbi Haggai Lundin
Rabbi Simcha Kook ZT"L
Rabbi Uzi Kalchaim zt"l
Rabbi Chaim Katz
Rabbi Shabbtai Sabbato
Rabbi Benny Elon
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

Chukat

A Tale of Four Islands

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tamuz 6 5778

D'varim

Poetic Controversies

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 1 5777

Prayer

Days on Which Tachanun Is Not Recited

Chapter Twenty One-Part Three

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775

Prayer

May I Daven in English?

People, who cannot read Hebrew at all, have no choice but to pray in the language that they can read and understand. However, anyone who can should accept the challenge of studying the prayers a bit at a time, gradually thereby developing both fluency and comprehension

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff

Prayer

The Blessing for Rain for those travelling to the Land of Israel

Praying for a Rainy Day When Traveling to or from Eretz Yisroel in November

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5771

Naso

The Mitzvah of “Duchening” - Birchas Kohanim

The basic Halachot of Duchening, taking off shoes and washing hands, Why Is This Mitzvah Called Duchening? The connection between Duchening and dreams...

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5769

Vayishlach

The Halacha and History of the Gid Hanosheh

The mitzvah of gid hanosheh forbids us from eating the sciatic nerve, a sinew that runs from the lower back over the top of the hip and down the leg. Another Mitzvah is not eating the Cheylev, some fats in an animal.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | kislev 5769

Sections

Are We Permitted to Enjoy this World?

I recline in an armchair in the lobby of the hotel and look over the menu. After the crazy day I've had, I deserve to relax and enjoy a good meal. Suddenly, I am menaced by a disturbing thought: Am I really permitted to enjoy myself in this world?

Various Rabbis | 13 Shvat 5768

Laws of Hanukkah

Flying High - A Traveler’s Guide to Channukah

What does one do about Channukah candles in a hotel, while traveling and in other complicated circumstances?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Kislev 5768

Vayetze

Study House of Shem & Ever in a world of Lavan

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Kislev 5768

Mishpatim

The Absolute and the Conditional

Although Mishpatim follows Yitro, the two parshiyot are very different in nature.

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shvat 5767

Various Subjects

The Laws Relating to Converts

The laws relating to Jewish converts are most astounding. Despite the criticism directed at the Jewish people on the grounds that Judaism is racist, the Torah teaches us that any non-Jew who earnestly seeks to join the Jewish people may do so.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

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