“Shabbat Shalom” – Behar-Bechukotai 5777
Parshat Behar-Bechukotai (Leviticus 25:1-27:34) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel — “I am the Lord your God who brought you forth from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan to be your God.” Citing the verse above from this week’s Torah reading, our Sages make the striking declaration that only one who lives …
