Behar בהר 2025 Total Acquisition
from Parsha in 2 Hosted by By Rabbi Avrohom Piekarski
The law with transactions and acquisitions is that one cannot sell something that does not exist. Thus, one can only sell produce that is physically around. However, when you buy a tree, then you get to own the future fruits. The law is different when it comes to Hekdesh ( donations to the Bais HaMikdash) and Tzedaka, where a future commitment for a yet non existent item, although it doesn’t become holy, remains a mitzvah for you to keep your word. This translates into our service of Hashem. The tree represents the person himself, his mind and heart. This is someone who completely transforms himself and makes a transaction subjugating himself to Hashem. This guarantees that the future fruits-meaning his “ behavior” will be for Hashem. Then you have somebody else who didn’t change himself, but commits his actions. “his fruits“ to Hashem. That is a good transaction, but he cannot commit his future fruits (behavior), because we don’t yet know the outcome. This concept refers to the daily, mundane transactions such as eating, sleeping and working which he should be doing for the sake of Heaven. These actions cannot be guaranteed for the future. However, when it comes to Hekdish- holy things like Torah and Mitzvos - then if the person commits, then it’s a mitzvah to keep his word, and Hashem will help him do it. לקו״ש כז-א
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