📜 Parashat Behar
Leviticus · portion 32 of 54 Leviticus 25:1–26:2
What happens this week?
Every seventh year is a Shemitah year: the land rests, and farmers don’t plant. It is like a Shabbat for the earth.
Every fiftieth year is the Jubilee (Yovel): land returns to its first families, and people who were sold as servants go free. The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia has a verse from this portion: "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land."
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Parashat Behar quiz
What happens in the Shemitah year?
What is the 50th year called?
Which American bell has a verse from this portion?
What does the verse say?
🕯️ For the Shabbat table
Why do people, animals and even the land need rest?
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