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EPISODE · May 8, 2026 · 1 MIN

Parshat Behar: You Don't Really Own Anything

from JOI to the World · host Menachem Lehrfield

📖 Parshat Behar This Week: Imagine buying land, working it for decades, building your wealth, and then every 50 years, Yovel hits, and it goes back to the original owner. Wait, what? How is that even fair? But that's exactly the Torah's system. The message? You don't really own anything. Everything you have, your land, your wealth, your talents, and your life, is a gift from God. The Yovel is a radical reset, reminding us that nothing truly belongs to us. It's all on loan. This concept is incomprehensible to our Western ownership-obsessed minds, but it's liberating. When you realize you don't own anything, you stop clinging so tightly. You hold it all with open hands. Gratitude replaces entitlement. Shabbat Shalom. 🌾Follow us for more:Website - https://www.joidenver.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/joidenverFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/JOIdenverYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/JOIdenverPinterest - http://pinterest.com/jewishdiySubscribe to "JOI to the World" to access all our podcasts, including Yada Yada Yiddish, Kids Say the Deepest Things, Reconnect, and Dear Rabbi.

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