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Parsha Halacha — Behar 5784

Выпуск: Parsha Halacha — Behar 5784. Темы: family_education, holidays, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, пурим, песах, ханука, суккот, yom tov, פורים, פסח, חנוכה, סוכות, недельная глава, парша, parsha. Parsha Halacha – Parshat Behar Your People Are My People Ruth’s Declaration of Devotion Sponsored in memory of the parents of Raquel Celia Sragowicz, Abel Jose Borowicz (Abba Yosef ben Yitzchak Aizik) and Judith Clara Szpigiel De Borowicz (Chaya Yehudit bat Shalom). See also Yevamot 109b that a court which accepts (insincere) converts will experience “evil and evil.” (This expression is based on a paraphrase of a verse in Proverbs 11:15, ‫ ַרע יֵרֹועַ כִּ י עָ ַרב זָר‬which can be interpreted to mean “a double evil will befall those who mix in strangers (to the Jewish people).” 11 Bach, quoted in Shach Y.D. Morton Borg in loving memory of Stephen's father, Shmuel Tzvi ben Pinchas, and Bella's and Morton's parents, Avraham ben Yitzchak and Leah bas HaRav Sholom Zev HaCohen To sponsor or subscribe, please email rabbicitron@hotmail.com The Torah portion of Behar contains 24 mitzvot,1 many of which relate to the Land of Israel.2 In fact, it is in the merit of observing Shmittah that the Jewish people are not exiled from the land.3 This is a good segue to talk about Ruth, the righteous convert and matriarch of the Davidic dynasty who loved the Land of Israel and gave up wealth and comfort to move there and join the Jewish people (see below). Orpah agreed, kissed her mother-in-law, and turned back, while Ruth “clung to her [mother-in-law].” Ruth’s Declaration When Naomi told Ruth that she should return with her sister-in-law, Ruth responded with one of the most eloquent verses in the Tanach: “Do not urge me to leave you, to turn back and not follow you. Rather, one should dissuade them in the beginning in order to test their seriousness but should encourage them on their path once their sincerity is established.7 As such, Ruth was telling Naomi that she should not discourage her to the point that she abandons her plan to convert since she was sincere in her desire.8 According to Tractate Geirim,9 when the convert comes to convert, he should be discouraged and told: “Why do you want to become a convert? [Do you not see] that illness and suffering come upon them, that they bury their children and grand

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Parsha Halacha

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24 мая 2024 г.

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6

Темы: family_education, holidays, parsha_commentary