A thought-provoking look at Parshas Behar-Bechukosai with Rabbi Shimon Beer.
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[Music] throughout the Millennia the Jew has overcome so much he's been persecuted he's been exiled and he's been put through unspeakable tortures and yet through it all the Jew has not only survived but he succeeded and he has thrived but the question is what is the secret of his success how has he secret of his success how has he overcome so many obstacles what is the secret of the Jew we are now in the midst of the shmita the sabatical year the Jewish Farmer in the Holy Land commits to leave his Fields fallow he will not work or plant his fields for an entire year the section of the Torah that talks about the shmita is introduced by telling us that its laws were given at har the question that all were given at har the question that all the commentators ask is what is the connection between the giving of the Torah and the idea of the sabatical as a Prelude to the giving of the Torah the Jews declared nishma we will do whatever God tells us and we will only afterwards attempt to understand when the Jews said this a Heavenly voice rang out and proclaimed
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- 0:00[Music] throughout the Millennia the Jew has overcome so much he's been persecuted he's been exiled…
- 0:32secret of his success how has he overcome so many obstacles what is the secret of…
- 1:03were given at har the question that all the commentators ask is what is the connection…
- 1:34Heavenly voice rang out and proclaimed who revealed to my children the secret of the angels…
- 2:05that the Jews revealed a secret what exactly is the secret over here but the truth…
- 2:36you to ride a bike in the beginning you were terrified he held on and then…
- 3:06keep the shmita the sabatical year can you imagine the commitment that this farmer is making…
- 3:36ability is what has sustained the Jews throughout the ages if we too put in the…
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