The Weekly Parsha Slot 5782: Behar

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okay good so parshas bahar um three pieces i'd like to share with you the first one is something i came across in the writings of robert jonathan sacks it's a fabulous fabulous piece he he makes as ever an idea which you know you've never thought of before and uh he just has a very fresh take on things if you think about it i'll read you let me read you in fact i'll say it a thousand times better than like i said let's i'll read you his opening paragraph parishes bahar consists of a single chapter consists of a single chapter that despite its brevity has a transformative impact on the social structure of kalisra and provides a unique solution to an otherwise intractable conflict between two ideals one of these two ideals freedom and equality isn't what he says much of human history has illustrated the fact that you can have freedom without equality or equality without freedom so you can have freedom without equality that's an open market economy fair economics no restrictions fair economics no restrictions no that's that's freedom without equality or equality without freedom which is some form of communism or socialism or something but you can't have both they seem to conflict with each other the powerful insight of the torah in this week's parasha is that you can have both but just not at the same time so and therefore okay time itself has to be part of the solution so he gives an example imagine imagine the following scenario

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