Shlach Lecha: The Sin of the Spies
The spies defamed the Land of Israel; we can rectify this sin by praising our beloved homeland wherever we go, focusing on all her wonderful attributes…
Behar: Jubilee Year as National Reconciliation
The best expression of freedom and equality that the American Founding Fathers could find for the Liberty Bell was the Biblical verse describing the Jubilee year…
Behar: Above Nature’s Limitations
A Jewish farmer in the Holy Land is commanded to give the land a rest during the Sabbatical Year. In turn, HaShem promises...
Parshat Behar
On the mountain of Sinai, God communicates to Moshe (Moses) the laws of the sabbatical year. Every seventh year, all work
Behar-Bechukotai: In God We Trust
Most college professors are not big fans of the Torah and its commandments, but there is one mitzvah - Shmittah - that the Torah introduced to the...
Parshat Re’eh
"See," says Moshe (Moses) to the people of Israel, "I place before you today a blessing and a curse" -- the blessing that will come when...
The Seventh Year
We were among the very few settlements in Israel at the time to observe the laws of the Sabbatical year and refrain...
Parshat Behar-Bechukotai
On the mountain of Sinai, God communicates to Moshe (Moses) the laws of the sabbatical year. Every seventh year, all work on the land should cease...
Spiritual Growth
The number seven is malchut, or in other words, the characteristic of emuna. Emuna perfects everything, for we learn...