Parshas Behar-Bechukosai with Reb Chaim Kramer

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Shalom Aleichem. Welcome to the Breslov Research weekly parsha shiur on Behar Bechukotai. This week, we have a double whammy, a double portion, Behar and Bechukotai. It's also the culmination of parsha of Sefer Vayikra, chazak. And um the parsha both parshas have quite a few different laws that apply. It starts with the laws of a shmita, a uh sabbatical year. It goes on to the laws of yovel, of a jubilee year. And then it talks about uh not fooling or causing uh anguish to someone else. And it speaks about the division of property. Talks about inheritance a little bit, very little. It talks about laws that apply between man and his fellow man. One of the things the parsha says is do not lend money with interest to a fellow Jew. It calls it lo sashaich le achicha. Do not bite. Why? Because we don't see the terrible effect of interest. We uh pay it, such as in a mortgage, or so on, right? But it eats away at our money. It eats away at it. And Reb Noson says that anything that has to do, I mean, with the Gemara, talks about it. Anything that has to do with uh I'm increasing my income because I'm waiting, because of time, that is interest. In other words, if I take out a loan for a year, 5%, whatever it may be, right? It's uh it's over time. But if I take out a thousand dollars, at 5%, I have to pay few hundred dollars. So, what the Torah is telling us is that don't open yourself up for extra suffering. There are times

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1. 0:03Shalom Aleichem. Welcome to the Breslov Research weekly parsha shiur on Behar Bechukotai. This week, we…
2. 0:35have quite a few different laws that apply. It starts with the laws of a shmita,…
3. 1:39money with interest to a fellow Jew. It calls it lo sashaich le achicha. Do not…
4. 2:41that is interest. In other words, if I take out a loan for a year, 5%,…
5. 3:47and it's Hashem that provides us with income. It's Hashem who keeps us going. It's Hashem…
6. 4:52curses." And unfortunately, those curses have happened. And uh we are uh pursued. The whole world…
7. 5:57say they're proud Israelis if they don't follow the Torah? And it's not a condemnation. God…
8. 7:02Well, what are you any different? You're not. So, the Torah is telling us that if…
9. 8:10V'zacharti es bris rishonim. I will remember the original covenant that I had with the Jews,…
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