B’hukotai

Leviticus 26:3-27:34

Commentary on Parashat Behar-Bechukotai, Leviticus 25:1-27:34

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In this Torah portion, God tells the people of Israel that if they follow God’s commandments, they will be provided with rain to feed their crops. God then describes the long list of punishments that will be inflicted on the Israelites if they do not follow God’s laws.

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The Israelites are promised rain
in exchange for keeping God’s laws.

Text Studies	Social Action and Environmentalism
Faith in Difficult Times Rabbi Andrea Steinberger, Hillel	Corrupt Leadership Carol Towarnicky, AJWS
No Food, No Torah; No Torah, No Food Rabbi Marcia Plumb, Union for Reform Judaism	The Blessing of Rain Jonathan Neril, Canfei Nesharim
	Science vs. Sabbath? Lawrence Bush & Jeffrey Dekro, SocialAction.com

From the Denominations	Pluralism and Outreach
Stubbornness & Chance Rabbi Avraham Fischer, Orthodox Union	The Impossible World Cantor Sarah Sager, Women of Reform Judaism
Rebuke & Reward in This World Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, JTS	Unifying Towards Redemption David Frankel, UJA-Federation of New York
	Preserving the Covenant Dvora Weisberg, CLAL

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