Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Behukotay "And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be My people." (Leviticus 26, 12)   "And I will walk among you" – I will stroll with you in the Garden of Eden as one of you and you shall not become shocked because of Me; but will you not fear Me? "And I will become your God" (Genesis, 3, 8) The phrase 'and I shall walk among you' should not...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Behukotay And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. (Lev. 27:14)     And he shall add a fifth – that it and its fifth will be five, and so too with a house and a field and an estate, and in the second tithe. And the reason is...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Behukotay In memory of Gerald Cromer with gratitude for the gifts he bequeathed us – the lasting beauty of his voice, the depth of his caring, the breadth of his thinking and an infinite capacity to hope and work for peace for our children. His memory is a blessing for all who were privileged to be his friend.   AND I WILL GRANT PEACE IN THE LAND, AND YOU WILL LIE DOWN WITH NO ONE...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Behukotay AND I WILL GRANT PEACE IN THE LAND, AND YOU SHALL LIE DOWN UNTROUBLED BY ANYONE; I WILL GIVE THE LAND RESPITE FROM VICIOUS BEASTS, AND NO SWORD SHALL CROSS YOUR LAND.  (Vayikra 26:6)     Peace as Challenge and Blessing And no sword shall cross your land: You shall be unaccustomed to using the sword. (The NeTziV Mi'Vollozhin's Ha'Emek Davar)   Social peace shall be added to political peace: the events of war...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Behukotay THESE ARE THE COMMANDMENTS THAT THE LORD GAVE MOSHE  FOR THE ISRAELITE PEOPLE ON MOUNT SINAI. (Vayikra 27:34) THESE ARE THE LAWS, RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS THAT THE LORD ESTABLISHED, THROUGH MOSHE ON MOUNT SINAI, BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE ISRAELITE PEOPLE. (Vayikra 26:33) THESE ARE THE COMMANDMENTS AND REGULATIONS THAT THE LORD ENJOINED UPON THE ISRAELITES, THROUGH MOSHE, ON THE STEPPES OF MOAB, AT THE JORDAN NEAR JERICHO. (Bemidbar 36:13)   Revelation, Tradition, and Innovation...