(Double) Parsha B’har-B’chukoti Subject: The Green Chapter of Torah

This week’s parsha (weekly torah portion) is yet another double parsha, and it is a strange one.  Nevertheless, it is one I like because it also gives us some hope and gives us some answers; it is a parsha for everybody.  The beginning of the parsha is what I would show to anyone who thinks that the Torah is not pro-environment, for it talks about resting the land and it talks about human rights and welfare.  For the people concerned … Continue reading

When Friends Visit

My friend Eliezer just got into town.  He is just here through shabbat, a couple of days.  I know him from my days in Jerusalem.  And just as you do when a friend that you haven’t seen for a couple of years visits, you spend the first day catching up and the conversation goes all over the place.  One of the places where our conversation went was shabbat guests.  I have invited a few friends over and he asked me … Continue reading