Parshah • May 2023
Behar/Bechukotai – Mt. Sinai Was No Everest
Mt. Sinai was not the tallest mountain in the Middle East – it was modest, almost a mere hill-top. This teaches us the virtue of humility and ego-abnegation. If we…
Mt. Sinai was not the tallest mountain in the Middle East – it was modest, almost a mere hill-top. This teaches us the virtue of humility and ego-abnegation. If we…
This week’s Parsha tells us that we need to give the ground a Sabbatical once every seven years, and then it goes on to say that we can work the…
The second of this week’s double Parshiot of Behar and Bechukotai is the progenitor of most exclusion clauses on products bought online or otherwise, viz. this guarantee or warranty lapses…
Once again in this week’s Parsha, Behar, we encounter aspects of keeping Shabbat. It is quite amazing that the notion of the Sabbath has gained international usage in almost every…
The name of our Parsha, Behar, ‘on the mountain’ does not intend to convey an image of physical grandeur and imposing height. This humble hillock was the scene of the…
Encountering those less fortunate is a personal test. Will I hide my eyes in embarrassment? Will I criticize their life’s choices thereby camouflaging my discomfort? Or will I rise to…
The Jewish people are at the foot of a mountain. The mountain, Sinai, is not the biggest mountain. Why, to teach us humility. If so why not in a valley?…