This Week’s Torah Portion: B’har – בְּהַר (Leviticus 25:1-26:2)
“You shall proclaim liberty throughout the land for all its inhabitants” Leviticus 25:10, also written on the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. The Torah strongly believes every human being deserves to be free. We are the first religion and culture that values freedom and dignity for every human being.
Parsha B’har – בְּהַר Torah Summary:
God instructs Moses to tell the Israelites that in every seventh year, the land shall observe a Sabbath of complete rest: Fields should not be sown and vines should not be pruned. (25:1-7)
After forty-nine years, a jubilee year is to be celebrated when all the land that had been sold during that time should be returned to its original owners and slaves are to be freed. (25:8-55)
God instructs Moses to tell the Israelites not to make idols, to keep the sabbath, and to venerate the sanctuary of the Eternal. (26:1-2) B’har – בְּהַר
“You shall proclaim liberty throughout the land for all its inhabitants” Leviticus 25:10, also written on the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. The Torah strongly believes every human being deserves to be free. We are the first religion and culture that values freedom and dignity for every human being.