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Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk — Bechukosai5783 — Behar-Bechukosai 5783

Выпуск: Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk — Bechukosai5783 — Behar-Bechukosai 5783. Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. E-mail DoItForDovid@gmail.com “Speak to the Children of Israel and say to them, ‘When you come to the land that I am giving you, and the land shall rest a sabbath for Hashem.’” With this commandment, we learn of the mitzvah of Shemita, leaving the land of Israel fallow for a full year every seven years. Don't you ever get upset and down about having to be in a wheelchair for the rest of your life?" "Tell me," said R’ Schwab, "If someone gave you a million dollars and after a while asked you to give him back one hundred dollars, would you have any qualms about returning that amount? “If your brother becomes impoverished and sells part of his possession, his relative who is closest to him shall come and redeem his brother’s sale.” (25:25) QUESTION: Why is this law stated in the singular, while the laws stated in the previous pesukim (verses) are in the plural? When we realize that all we have comes from Hashem and isn’t really, “ours,” it becomes easier to do the right thing with it, like tithes, gifts to the Kohain and Levi, charity, and being generous of heart when it comes to helping others. The Torah, therefore, speaks in the singular, to stress that when one is in need, everybody should consider it his responsibility to offer help, and to see himself as the sole individual capable of coming to his brother's aid. Lessons of our Sages through the Ages from the Pages At the age of 76, Rabbi Shimon Schwab, the late esteemed rabbi of the Washington Heights German-Jewish community (Yahrtzeit 14 Adar I), became confined to a wheelchair. When the wheel of fortune takes a turn and he is no longer on the giving end, friends and even family suddenly turn down his requests for help, advising him to turn to someone else. If a Levite sells his land, part of the 42 cities that the Levites were granted (but not if it was in a city they built aside from those), he may redeem it at any time he comes up with the money. However, if we are divided within, and consider other Jews our enemies, then this bracha cannot come to fruition, as we obviously have no

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Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk

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12 мая 2023 г.

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Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary