Behar (Leviticus 25:1 - 26:2)

Shabbat shalom! This week Shmuel shares from portion Behar while wrapping up his trip to Franklin, Tennessee where he attended the Israel Summit. This week’s portion opens with the commands for the Shemitah, the agricultural sabbatical year. After six years of planting and harvesting, one is commanded to allow the land a year's rest. To understand this unusual commandment, Shmuel dives into a “secret midrash” that explains angels, farmers and the Sinai experience. angels, agriculture in the bible, Judea and Samaria, CFOIC,