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Thoughts on Chinuch
Since this week’s parsha discusses the Tochacha, whose entire purpose is the education of the Jewish people, it is certainly an appropriate time to discuss: -
“Foreigners and Citizens You Are With Me”
In explaining the mitzva of yovel, the Torah says that the Land will not be sold for eternity and finishes up that this is related to the concept that we are “foreigners and citizens with Me” (Vayikra 25:23). The connection to “with Me” appears to be as follows: If you treat Me like one who fully belongs, then you fully belong; if you treat Me as an outsider, you too will be like outsiders. -
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Sh'mita: A Question of Ownership
A brief Dvar Torah on the Parsha, based on R. Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Torah Commentary -
Sh'mita and Mt. Sinai
A brief Dvar Torah on the Parsha, based on R. Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Torah Commentary
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