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Parshah In A Nutshell
Leviticus 25:1–26:2
On the mountain of Sinai, G‑d communicates to Moses the laws of the Sabbatical year: every seventh year, all work on the land should cease, and its produce becomes free for the taking for all, man and beast.
Seven Sabbatical cycles are followed by a fiftieth year—the Jubilee year, on which work on the land ceases, all indentured servants are set free, and all ancestral estates in the Holy Land that have been sold revert to their original owners.
Behar also contains additional laws governing the sale of lands, and the prohibitions against fraud and usury.
Haftorah In A Nutshell
Jeremiah 32:6-22.
This week's haftorah discusses the purchase of a field by Jeremiah, echoing one of the themes of this week's Torah portion—the purchase and redemption of real estate.
Jeremiah was confined in King Zedekiah's royal compound for having prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile of the Jewish people. There, G‑d revealed Himself to the prophet and informs him that he will be approached by his cousin Hanamel with an offer to purchase his ancestral lands. G‑d instructs Jeremiah to accept this offer.
Indeed, Hanamel arrived in the compound with the offer, and Jeremiah accepted. Money was transferred and a document of purchase was penned in the presence of witnesses. The prophet then gavs the deed to his disciple Baruch son of Neriah for safekeeping, and instructed him to store it in an earthenware vessel where it will remain for many years.
Jeremiah then conveys G‑d's message, the symbolism inherent in this transaction: "So says the L-rd of Hosts, the G‑d of Israel: 'Houses and fields and vineyards shall be purchased again in this land.'" Thus conveying a message of hope even on the eve of destruction and exile. Yes the Jews would be exiled, but they would also eventually be returned to their land.
The haftorah ends with the prophet's prayer to and exaltation of G‑d.
Sages On The Parshah
And if you shall say: What shall we eat in the seventh year? ... But I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years (Leviticus 25:20-21)
The 7-year shmittah cycle corresponds to the seven millennia of history: for 6000 years man labors in the fields of the material world in preparation for the 7th millennium -- the era of Moshiach.
So the question "What shall we eat in the seventh year?" can be also asked on the cosmic level. If the spiritual giants of earlier generations failed to bring about a perfect world, what can be expected of us, we of the exhausted and depleted "sixth year"?
But precisely because our resources are so meager, our every trial and achievement is so much more meaningful. G-d therefore promises that our efforts shall nourish the sabbatical millennium and beyond.
The 7-year shmittah cycle corresponds to the seven millennia of history: for 6000 years man labors in the fields of the material world in preparation for the 7th millennium -- the era of Moshiach.
So the question "What shall we eat in the seventh year?" can be also asked on the cosmic level. If the spiritual giants of earlier generations failed to bring about a perfect world, what can be expected of us, we of the exhausted and depleted "sixth year"?
But precisely because our resources are so meager, our every trial and achievement is so much more meaningful. G-d therefore promises that our efforts shall nourish the sabbatical millennium and beyond.
From Parshah In Depth
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