Behar

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Behar: G-d and Man

Rabbi Jay Kelman

We tend to categorize mitzvot as either mitzvot between man and G-d or mitzvot between man and man. Tzedakah is a mitzva between man and man whereas blowing the shofar is a mitzva between man and G-d. While it is true that certain mitzvot focus on…

Article

May 26, 2024

Parshat Shavua 5784 with weekly guest speakers (Behar)

Rabbi Moshe Shulman

Audio

May 23, 2024

Behar: Climbing Everest

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we compare climbing Mount Everst and Mount Sinai!

Podcast

May 23, 2024

Behar: Climbing the Mountain

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Many a great and historic event took place on a mountain. Noach’s ark rested on Mount Arrarat allowing for the continuation of humanity. Avraham took Isaac to be sacrificed on Mount Moriah, later to become the place of Solomon’s Temple, known today…

Article

May 12, 2023

Parshat Shavua 5783 with weekly guest speaker (Behar/Bechukotai)

Rabbi Moshe Shulman

Audio

May 11, 2023

Behar: Interest Rates are Falling

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“I am the Lord your G-d, Who took you out of the land of Egypt”. While we associate these words with the first of the aseret hadibrot, the words above are actually taken from this week’s parsha. “If your brother becomes impoverished...do not take…

Article

May 20, 2022