Shalom Aleichem.
God owns the Land – God is our landowner and property owner, and in B’har, God is teaching us basic land husbandry. The Israelite people could work the fields for six years, but in the seventh year, the land was to have a Sabbath of complete rest. Dever notes, “The people could work the fields for six years, but in the seventh year, the land was to have a Sabbath of complete rest during which the people were not to sow their fields, prune their vineyards, or reap the after growth. They could, however, eat whatever the land produced on its own.” William G. Dever. The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel: When Archaeology and the Bible Intersect, 2012.
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B’har
May 20, 2019 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk Tags: b'har, Behar •
Shalom Aleichem.
God owns the Land – God is our landowner and property owner, and in B’har, God is teaching us basic land husbandry. The Israelite people could work the fields for six years, but in the seventh year, the land was to have a Sabbath of complete rest. Dever notes, “The people could work the fields for six years, but in the seventh year, the land was to have a Sabbath of complete rest during which the people were not to sow their fields, prune their vineyards, or reap the after growth. They could, however, eat whatever the land produced on its own.” William G. Dever. The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel: When Archaeology and the Bible Intersect, 2012.
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