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Dvar Torah Parshat BeChukotai 5772 2012

We read this week what is known as the Tochacha, dire warning of the evil and misfortunes that will befall the Jewish people in the Land of Israel if they abandon the Torah and do not follow its practice. After all these dreadful and disastrous tragic events befall the country and the Jews do not [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Bechukotai 5771 2011

If the Jewish people will keep the Torah and follow the dictates of the Torah, Hashem promises in this week’s Sidra that He will bring many blessings upon our people. One of the assurances is: VA’ACHALTEM LACHMECHEM LASOVAH VISHAVTEM LAVETACH BE’ARTZECHEM, “…you will eat your bread to the full and you will dwell securely in [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Behar Bechukotai 2009 5769

We read the Tochacha, the evil that will befall the Jewish people if they abandon the Torah. Immediately following this portion we read the laws pertaining to the values of people in various stages of their lives if they are eager to contribute their value to the sanctuary. Why the juxtaposition of these two passages? [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Bechukotai 2008 – 5768 דבר תורה פרשת בחוקותי

We read the terrible predictions that will befall the Jewish people if they abandon the Torah. Towards the end, however, we are told: VEZACHARTI ET BRITI YAAKOV. “Then I will remember My covenant with Yaakov, and also My covenant with Yitzchak and also My covenant with Avraham …” (Lev. 26,42) Hashem will remember the covenant [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Behar – Bechukotai 2007 – 5767 דבר תורה בהר בחוקותי

The Torah promises reward for those who follow along the path of the prescribed Mitzvot. The expression the Torah uses is IM BECHUKAI TELECHU, “If you walk in my commandments…”.(Lev. 33,3) Obviously the meaning is if you follow my commandments. Why is the term “walk” used? An answer once given is that one should not [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Behar – Bechukotai 2006 – 5766 דבר תורה בהר בחוקותי

The Torah forbids lending money with interest to a fellow Jew. The expression used is ET KASPECHA LO TITEN LO BENESHECH, “do not give him your money for interest.”(Lev. 25,37) The strange thing in this passage is that the next verse that follows immediately states the fact that Hashem took the Jews out of Egypt. [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Behar – Bechukotai 2005 – 5765 דבר תורה בהר בחוקותי

The Torah promises as a reward for observing the Mitzvot blessings of timely rain, of produce and trees and fruit, and other rewards. Then the Torah says: VENATATI SHALOM BA’ARETZ, “And I will send peace to the land … “ (Lev. 26,6) Rashi remarks, perhaps someone will say that there is food, there is drink, [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Behar – Bechukotai 2004 – 5764 דבר תורה בהר בחוקותי

In BeHar we read a verse VELO TONU ISH ET AMITO, “Do not wrong one another…”. (Lev. 25,17) The root of the word TONU is YANO. This word implies “fraud”. We are told not to defraud our friends. Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Pshische (Imma/Savta is his descendent) had an interesting comment about this law. A [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Behar – Bechukotai 2000 – 5760 דבר תורה בהר בחוקותי

Rashi asks in the opening verse of this week’s Sidra, “ MAH INYAN SHMITAH ETZEL HAR SINAI”. What connection is there between the laws of Shmitah that we observe this year and Har Sinai? All the Mitzvot were given at Sinai. Why single out this one? He gives an answer but I would like to [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Bechukotai 2005 – 5765 דבר תורה בחוקותי

The Torah promises as a reward for observing the Mitzvot blessings of timely rain, of produce and trees and fruit, and other rewards. Then the Torah says: VENATATI SHALOM BA’ARETZ, “And I will send peace to the land … “ (Lev. 26,6) Rashi remarks, perhaps someone will say that there is food, there is drink, [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Behukotai 2003 – 5763 דבר תורה בחוקותי

We have a rule in Halacha that if a Mitzvah is done by transgressing a law it is not considered a Mitzvah. We call this MITZVA HABA’AH BE’AVERA. For example, we have a Mitzvah of Lulav and Etrog. Suppose one steals them in order to do this Mitzvah; the Halacha is that he did not [ READ MORE ]

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