B’har – בְּהַר (Leviticus 25:1-26:2)

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 “And you shall hallow the fiftieth year. You shall proclaim liberty throughout the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you: each of you shall return to your holding, and each of you shall return to your family” Leviticus 25:10 A Jubilee of the 50th year reminds us that all people were born to be free. We were all created in the image of the Divine, and we all deserve freedom!