Parashat Behar-Bechukotai

The concept of the sabbatical year reveals the awesome splendor of God's earth.

The American narrative and the biblical narrative offer conflicting approaches to wealth and material gain.

The mountain in this week's Torah portion can be a place of spiritual growth or an impediment.

The fate of the individual is often determined by the behavior of the community as a whole.

Biblical laws of business ethics.

Leviticus 26:3-27:34

Leviticus 25:1-26:2

The rabbinic understanding of commerce laws in Behar focuses on ensuring that consumers have access to market information.

We can achieve redemption only when striving for unity, holiness, and justice.

The environmental destruction intended as a punishment for failing to observe the sabbatical year raises contemporary questions of how to prevent environmental devastation.