Parashat Behar “On the Mountain” is mainly devoted to laws pertaining to the management of land and avadim (bonded servants—often misleadingly translated as “slaves”) in Eretz Yisrael, or, more precisely, the laws pertaining to the cycles of Shemitah and Yovel, and the redemption of land and bonded
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In this week’s parshah (25:35), the p'suk says, "v’chei yimach achicha – if your brother becomes impoverished – umatah yodo imach – and he is in
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The minhag of placing a headstone or marker on a grave is a significant custom. This practice begun with Yaakov Avinu himself, who
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