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…
Parshah • May 2022
Behar – Look Before You Leap
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…
Parshah • May 2020
Behar/BeChukotai – Follow Instructions or the Warranty Lapses
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…
Parshah • May 2019
Behar – Do You Trust G-d?
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…
Parshah • May 2018
Behar/BeChukotai – The One Mountain to Climb
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…
Parshah • May 2017
Behar/BeChukotay
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…
Parshah • May 2014
Behar – Equipment for spiritual mountain climbing
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?…