Parashat Behar-Bechukotai

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

The prohibition against worshiping idols includes falsely attributing to ourselves power over land.

Two interpretations of a word illustrate different understandings of punishments listed in Parashat Bechukotai.

The Jubilee year encourages us to take time to appreciate our labors and the role God plays in our lives.

The reinterpretation of the term "forever" encourages us to strive for new realities within our own lifetimes.

Numerous translators of the Bible understand differently the command to strengthen those that are falling low, but all agree on its importance.

Charity is rooted in our understanding that those who need our help are indeed our brothers.

Jeremiah's deep faith despite the impending exile predicted in Parashat B'hukotai can teach us to turn to God in the most troubling of times.

Incentives to keep the covenant are directed at Israel because of Israel's power, through its behavior, to break the covenant.

The curses in Bechukotai were actualized during the Holocaust.