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Friday, May 13, 2011

B'har: Liberty and the Jubilee

 

Leviticus 25:1–26:2

By Michael Carasik

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This week's reading, though little more than a single chapter, deals with two separate topics: first, the sabbatical year; second, the obligations of family members to a relative in economic distress. What links them is a focus, unusual for the Torah, on macroeconomics.

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