Behar
Behar
Leviticus 25:1-26:2 * Jeremiah 32:6-27 * Luke13: 1-33 and John 10:22-42
- According to the Torah, how many years were farmers allowed to work the land before it must like fallow?
- What is the seventh year of rest referred to?
- How is the Sabbatical year determined?
- What is alluded to with the word “Yovel”?
- When did we stop observing Yovel?
- How were the people to survive during the seventh year if they could not harvest?
- On what holiday is the Jubilee to be declared? (25:9)
- Were the Levites allowed to sell their land? (25:32-34)
- Are we to charge interest on loans made to our fellow believer? (25:36)
- Who owns the land of Israel? (25:23)
- How does the prophet Jeremiah in our haftarah portion carry out, Leviticus 25:25 ~”If your kinsman becomes poor and as to sell part of his land, his closest relative shall come and redeem what the kinsman has sold.”
- Explain why Jeremiah has Baruch place the deed and the laws of land purchase and inheritance in an earthen jar for long-term storage?
- What major event does Jeremiah recall in his prayer to the Holy One? (Jeremiah 32:21)
- What is the message of Shabbat in the Gospel portion Luke 13:10-17?
Behold, I am the Holy One, the G-d of all flesh; is there anything too hard for Me? Jeremiah 32:27
Shabbat Shalom!