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Jewish Slaves

If your brother becomes poor and is sold to you as a slave, do not give him demeaning tasks to do which will identify him to others as a slave. Examples of such tasks include having him carry your clothes behind you or put your shoes on you.

During the time of his enslavement to you, you are required to feed his children.

You should treat him as you do other hired workers. And then if the Yovel year arrives before his requisite six years of slavery are up, release him from his slavery at the beginning of this Yovel year.

Once free, he is not to be demeaned by this period of slavery but rather is to reclaim the dignity of his ancestry.

For every Jew is ultimately G-d’s property and can thus never really be bought into slavery by another. Such a man should not be held up for sale as a slave on a selling block.

Do not make your Jewish slave do things for which there is no purpose just to torment him. Example of such things would be to tell him to warm up a cup for you that you do not need or to work the land under a vine “until you come back”, which is an indefinite amount of time. Do not think that you can be tricky about this and claim that you had a need when you did not, as G-d knows what is truly in your heart.

Non jews may be purchased as slaves to perform personal services for you. This only includes non jews who reside outside of Israel however since you must kill those non Jews who are native to the Land of Israel (i.e Canaanites).

However if a non Jew who entered the land with you (i.e a Resident Alien – see yesterday’s post for more info) marries one of these native Canaanite women, their resulting children shall be kept alive and you may take them as slaves, since nationality is patrilineal.

You shall pass on any such slaves which you purchase to your sons as an inheritance.

Just as a slave owner may not treat his Jewish slave disrespectfully, so may a king or leader not subjugate his servants in such a manner.

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Jewish Slaves, Cont’d

Chumash now discusses a situation where a Resident Alien becomes rich through the blessings manifest in the Land of Israel when the Jews inhabit it. Subsequently, the actions of this Resident Alien cause a Jewish person to become poor and this Jewish person is sold into slavery to a Resident Alien or a Resident Alien's (idolatrous) family.

If such a Jew worships idols at the behest of his slaveowners, he is not to be redeemed.

However if such a Jew is merely forced to do things in the service of the idol but not serve the idol itself (i.e. chop wood or draw water for its worship), someone from his family must redeem him, or else if he attains the financial means, he should redeem himself, lest he become assimilated.

The years between when he was sold into slavery until Yovel should be calculated to determine his total value and this cost should be prorated if someone comes to redeem him.

Unlike a Jewish slave owned by a Jew, a Jewish slave owned by a non Jew does not automatically go free after six years.

However he does go free at the start of the Yovel year, even if no one redeems him.

A Jew may not witness a Jewish slave been degraded in his presence and stand by idly.

The non Jewish slave owner is responsible for feeding the Jewish slave's children during the time of his enslavement.

Anyone who enslaves a Jewish person, it's as if they are enslaving the Divine source of the Jewish person's soul, since all Jews are ultimately "slaves" of G-d.

Such a Jew who is sold into slavery should not use his circumstance to justify becoming sexually immoral, worshiping idols or desecrating Shabbos, saying that he did so because his master does so.

Rashi points out that this whole section of Chumash (beginning with Chapter 25 regarding the laws of Shmitta) follow an intentional sucession.

If a person unlawfully does business with produce from the seventh (shmitta) year, this will lead him to becoming impoverished to the point of having to sell his belongings. If he still doesn't repent after that, he'll be forced to sell his inheritance. If he still doesn't repent, he'll have to sell his home, and if still not then he'll have to borrow money with interest and if still not, eventually he'll have to sell himself. Initially to his fellow Jew but if he still doesn't repent, then he'll have to be sold as a slave to a non Jew.

This section (end of Parshas Behar) concludes with G-d warning against prostrating on a stone floor outside of the Beis HaMikdash. The Rambam interprets this as being stone that has engravings on it that were worshipped by pagans.

G-d reiterates that the Israelites should observe His Sabbath and revere His sanctuary.

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Redemption of Houses

During the time when the Israelites entered the land of Israel under Yehoshua, if a person were to sell a house inside of a walled city, he has up until the end of the first year since the sale to redeem the house. After that point he may not redeem it. Even once the Yovel year arrives, the house does not revert back to the original owner at that time if he has not redeemed it. This is the opposite of a field (see yesterday’s post) which can only be redeemed after two years since its sale and reverts back to the original owner during Yovel.

If the Yovel year arrives before the end of the first year since the sale, the house still does not revert back to the original owner unless that original owner redeems it first.

Houses that are not within walled cities are considered like fields and do revert back to the original owner during Yovel (if he so wishes). This gives even greater rights to the original owner of such a house than to the original owner of a field who has to wait two years before he can redeem the field.

Levite Property

When Yehuoshua divided up the Land of Israel, the Levites were given 48 cities (see Bamidbar 35:7 and Yehoshua 21) and 2,000 amos of land around the walls of these cities. The outer 1,000 amos were used for cultivation and had the status of a field. Nevertheless, the Levites had a unique advantage that they were allowed to redeem their land at any point and didn’t have to wait the requisite two years as other owners of fields did. Additionally, they were allowed to redeem any house that was on their land even if the usual requisite one year since ownership had passed. And once the Yovel year came along, the sold city or house would revert back to the original Levite owner. These rules hold true even if it were another Levite who purchased a city or house from a fellow Levite.

So too with his fields do Levites have a special advantage.

Usually, if a field is consecrated by its owner and then is subsequently purchased by another, the new owner takes on permanent ownership. By contrast, if a Levite consecrates his field yet does not redeem it and the treasurer of the Temple sells it, the Levite may still redeem it at any time.

Helping Someone Who Became Poor

If your fellow, whether it be Jew (born or convert) or Resident Alien* becomes impoverished, help him out. Do not wait till his situation gets really bad but rather help him as soon as you see that he’s falling. Rashi likens this to helping a donkey who is falling. He says when a donkey begins to fall, it is enough for one man to help him get upright. However once he has fallen to the ground, even five men won’t be enough to get him back up.

*Side note: This is a Ger Toshav, a non-Jew living in the land of Israel who takes upon themselves not to worship idols but still eats meat that has not be slaughtered in accordance with halacha.

Don’t Charge Interest

Do not charge interest to such a man. The Chumash cautions one to have fear of G-d in their heart in this regard as charging interest can feel very natural and thus tempting to a person. Alternatively a person might falsely claim that the money they are lending belongs to a non jew and thus they are allowed to charge interest.

G-d concludes this section saying that He took the Jews out on condition that they keep the commandments including not charging interest. Also, just as in Egypt He was able to distinguish between the firstborn sons to only kill the Egyptian ones during the plague, so too will He be aware of anyone who falsely claims that the money he is lending out belongs to a non Jew and thus can have interest charged to it.

The reward for keeping G-d’s commandments is the Israelites’ possession of the Land of Israel. Whoever lives in Israel, G-d is their G-d. Whoever leaves it, they are like an idolator.

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Redemption of the Land Cont’d

One may only sell their land if he has fallen under the burden of poverty. Even then, he should keep some part of the land for himself. In such a case, his closest relative must redeem this land for his brother. The buyer may not prevent him from doing so.

If such a person who sold his inherited property does not have a relative who can afford to redeem it eventually obtains the financial means to redeem it himself, he should prorate the value of the land according to the time since it had been sold.

Meaning to say, the seller is to establish the price of redemption of the field with the buyer by calculating the number of years from when the land was bought until the next Yovel and connecting the price which which it was purchased to that. The yearly value of the crops is thus to be calculated by prorating this total price with the total number of years which the new owner had the land. This value is to be deducted from the original sales price and the remainder returned to the original seller along with his land.

Land may not be partially redeemed, so if a person who sold his land due to poverty does not have the full financial means to redeem back his land, he must wait until the Yovel year at which time his land will be returned to him.

Unlike with Shmitta where debts are released at the end of the Shmitta year, for Yovel, land is returned to its original owner at the start of that Yovel year.

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Extra Crops to Compensate for Shmitta

Drought will not be an issue in the Land of Israel and one will feel satisfied even after eating a small quantity of food.

Lest you wonder what you will eat during this seventh year seeing as you won't be able to work the land or gather anything (even produce that came on it's own during that year) into your home to store, G-d will bless the land during the sixth year so it yields extra produce for three years:

* For the sixth year, from Nissan to Rosh Hashana

* For the full seventh year

* For the eighth year, at least until Nissan (in which time the winter crop of Cheshvan will have fully grown.

During the summer months, the crops were left in the field on the threshing floors and then were gathered in the month of Tishrei.

Thus up until Tishrei, the crops eaten during the ninth year were from the extra crops produced during the sixth year. And then only beginning in the month of Tishrei of the ninth year were the crops that were sown in the eighth year eaten.

When a Yovel year fell out right after a Shmitta year, the sixth year produced enough crops for four years (not just three) to compensate for being unable to work the land for two consecutive years.

Redeeming Land to its Original or Inherited Owner

A buyer may not refrain* from giving his land back to the original owner during the Yovel year, as this land is G-d's.

*Side note: Chumash here is denoting that refraining from giving land back to its original owner is a violation of a negative commandment (earlier in Vayikra 25:10 and 13 this law was stated as a positive commandment, that all land should return to its original owner).

One who sells land which he had inherited from his family* is allowed to redeem it after two years. His relative may redeem it as well. This redeemable land includes houses and Jewish slaves, though there are different opinions regarding the specifications of each.

*Side note: This excludes converts who do not have any ancestors who were granted portions of the Land of Israel.

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Yovel, Cont’d

Do not exploit your fellow when buying or selling from one another.

Whenever making a sale or purchase, make sure to be aware how many years remain until the next Yovel and based on this should the prices be set. Since the land will be returned to the original owner in the year of the Yovel.

For example, if there are only a few years remaining until the next Yovel, it would be immoral to the buyer to set the price too high. And if there are many years until the next Yovel, it would be immoral to the seller to set the price too low. Prices should be set accordingly.

The purchase of land must be for a minimum of two full years, even if during these two years more than two crops are grown (i.e. if one crop was already there when the land was bought and then two more grew subsequently during the two year period).

Do not give bad advice to your fellow. And have fear of G-d in this regard, so that you cannot then claim that your intentions were good, since G-d knows every person’s inner intentions.

G-d warns that violating the observance of shmitta will lead to the Jews going into exile. The Babylonian Exile lasted for 70 years, mirroring the 70 years in which the Jews neglected shmitta (see Divrei HaYamim 2 36:21).

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Yovel Cont'd

Do not exploit your fellow when buying or selling from one another.

Whenever making a sale or purchase, make sure to be aware how many years remain until the next Yovel and based on this should the prices be set. Since the land will be returned to the original owner in the year of the Yovel.

For example, if there are only a few years remaining until the next Yovel, it would be immoral to the buyer to set the price too high. And if there are many years until the next Yovel, it would be immoral to the seller to set the price too low. Prices should be set accordingly.

The purchase of land must be for a minimum of two full years, even if during these two years more than two crops are grown (i.e. if one crop was already there when the land was bought and then two more grew subsequently during the two year period).

Do not give bad advice to your fellow. And have fear of G-d in this regard, so that you cannot then claim that your intentions were good, since G-d knows every person's inner intentions.

G-d warns that violating the observance of shmitta will lead to the Jews going into exile. The Babylonian Exile lasted for 70 years, mirroring the 70 years in which the Jews neglected shmitta (see Divrei HaYamim 2 36:21).

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Shmitta

G-d instructs Moshe regarding the laws of Shmitta. The Chumash specifies that these laws were given "On Mount Sinai" which seems odd given the fact that all of the laws were given on Mount Sinai.

The reason for this is that while many of the laws which were given on Mount Sinai were reiterated and elaborated upon by Moshe in the Plains of Mo'av (as retold in the book of Devarim) the laws concerning Shmitta were not. Rather all of its details and intricacies were on Mount Sinai.

In specifying that the laws of Shmitta were given on Mount Sinai, Chumash is using it as an example to teach that all the laws, even those which were elaborated upon in the Plains of Mo'av, were given, including all of their details, on Mount Sinai.

So G-d says that just as the seventh day of creation served as a rest for G-d, so should the seventh year be a sabbath for the fields and vineyards , during which they may not sow or prune the land.

One must relinquish ownership of anything that grows from that land even of its own accord during that time.

One may still derive benefit from produce from this seventh year, so long as they don't claim ownership for it (i.e. they, will have equal right to this produce as their workers, slaves or anyone who lives with them; even non jews) and so long as it did not come about through any forbidden work done during that year.

If there is a particular type of food available for wild beasts to eat, one may feed their domesticated animal this same type of food from what they have in their home. However if this food becomes unavailable for the wild beasts to eat, one must give away whatever of this food they have stored for their domesticated animal and make it available for everyone.

Yovel

After seven cycles of these sabbatical years (i.e after 49 years in total), the 50th year shall be a Yovel year.

The announcement of this 50th year should be made on Yom Kippur through the blowing of the shofar*, even if the day falls out on the Sabbath as the blowing of the shofar on Yom Kippur overrides the Sabbath (which is not the case for Rosh Hashanah).

*Side note: Rashi points out (in Shmos 19:13) that Yovel is related to the word for ram in Arabic (yuvla), however the Ibn Ezra undrstands the word Yovel to mean "sent out" and the Ramban translates it as "freedom of movement".

At this onset of this Yovel year, the year is sanctified in court and freedom is proclaimed for Jewish slaves, even if his period of slavery is up*.

*Side note: The standard duration for a Jewish slave's service was six years. There were times when he would choose to serve beyond that time and thus became what is known as a Nirtzah, which literally means "pierced one" as his ear was pierced. Even such slaves became free in a Yovel year.

In the Yovel year similar to the shmitta year, one may not work the land. And one may only take from produce that one had deemed ownerless.

The money with which the fruits of the shmitta and yovel years are purchased has a holy status.

Similar to a shmitta year, if a particular food is no longer available for wild beasts in the field, if you have any in your home you must give it away.

In a situation where a man had sold his field to someone and then that person sold it to the original man's son, even though you might think that this son is considered his father's proxy, in a Yovel year, nevertheless, this land is returned to the father who was the original owner.

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The Menorah. The Bread. The Blasphemer. Other Laws.

The Menorah

G-d instructs Moshe regarding the lighting of the lamps of the Menorah. He tells him to relate all of this to the Israelites.

Olive trees are harvested three times per year. The first harvest is for the olives at the top of the tree which ripen first. The second are for the ones in the middle which ripen later. The third harvest is for the olives at the bottom of the tree, which due to only getting minimal sunlight harvest last.

Oil is extracted from all of these olives in the same manner. First they are crushed with a mortar, then they are pressed with a beam and then ground with millstones.

G-d tells Moshe that the oil used for the menorah must be made from olives which have only gone through the first process of crushing with a mortar, which does not create sediment and leaves the oil totally clear. Meaning it's not enough to take oil and remove its sediment, it must not have had any sediment in it to begin with.

The menorah was made of pure gold and was in the West and it must be lit every night.

The other lamps would be lit at night and would be extinguished by morning.

The menorah, although it used the same amount of oil as the other lamps, would miraculously keep burning throughout the day. Aaron would then clean it in the evening and clear it of ashes and then light it again before the other lamps. He would use 1/2 a log of oil for each lamp, regardless of the season. I.e. even in the long nights of winter, this same amount of oil was used.

This miracle of the menorah burning for so long allowed it to serve as a testimony to the entire world that the Divine Presence dwells amongst the Israelites.

The Bread

G-d then instructs Moshe to bake 12 loves out of fine flour and says that each loaf must measure 2/10 ephahs.

These loaves must be placed directly on* the golden Shulchan (table) in two stacks - 6 loaves per stack.

*Side note: i.e there were two poles on either side of the table upon which tubes were placed, creating shelves for the bread. The lowest level of these loaves rested directly on the Shulchan and not on these shelves.

The bread is not offered up as a sacrifice but rather is removed every Shabbos.

In its stead, as a "remembrance", two ladles filled with one kometz of frankincense, were placed on each shelf, and were then offered up on the altar.

This bread, which is considered a "meal offering" is to belong to the Kohanim and they are to eat it.

The Blasphemer

Chumash now relates a story about a man who was the son of the Egyptian man that Moshe had killed (through uttering the divine name of G-d) and Shlomite bat Dibri* (see Shmos 2:14).

*Side note: Her name is related to the words "Shalom" and "Dibur" (lit. speaking). She was immodest in her behavior in that she was too free flowing in her greetings to men. This immodest behavior is what made her desirable to the Egyptian man which is what led to him pursuing her. Rashi says that the reason she is mentioned by name is actually out of praise for the Israelite women, in showing that she was unique amongst them in behaving in such a way for which Rashi calls her a "prostitute" (though she wasn't actually one - he calls her that based on her immodest behavior).

Although he was technically Jewish as Jewish lineage is maternal, he also "converted" at Mount Sinai by immersing in the mikva and being circumcised like the rest of the Jewish nation.

He started out by mocking the practice with the bread, saying kings each fresh bread every day, yet this bread is kept for a full week (miraculously, the bread stayed warm and fresh for the entire week).

He also went to set up camp in the territory of Dan and an Israelite man confronted him about it. The son of Shlomite bat Dibri and the Egyptian man defended himself by saying that his mother came from the tribe of Dan. They retorted that tribal lineage is paternal.

He then entered Moshe's court and was deemed guilty.

He then rose up and pronounced the ineffable name of G-d as a curse.

Through his actions, he forfeited his share in the world to come.

This blasphemer was placed under guard in solitary confinement.

This incident with the blasphemer occurred at the same time as the incident with the person who gathered wood on Shabbos (see Bamidbar 15:32).

The gatherer of wood was liable for the death penalty though how he should be put to death had not yet been specified by G-d.

The blasphemer's punishment was as of yet totally not known. So they did not imprison him together with the gatherer so he shouldn't unnecessarily fear being sentenced to death.

So then G-d tells Moshe to take the blasphemer out to camp and whoever witnessed him blaspheme should stone him to death, saying to him that he brought this upon himself. This stoning should occur in front of the entire community so its as if the whole community is stoning him.

G-d tells Moshe to tell the Israelites that anyone who blasphemes G-d (without using His ineffable name) without being warned is punished by Kares.

Anyone who blasphemes G-d through pronouncing His ineffable name shall be stoned to death by the entire community.

Some More Laws

Anyone who kills another human being is to be put to death.

Anyone who kills an animal must pay its value for the loss.

Anyone who wounds another person must pay damages for this. The damages are calculated by estimating the wounded person's value were they to be sold as a slave.

Anyone who injures an animal must pay for its damages.

Anyone who injures their living mother or father is to be put to death. If they harm a parent who is no longer alive they are not punished with death. This is unlike cursing a parent for which if one curses a parent who had died they are liable for death.

All of G-d's laws are equally applicable to Jews who were born Jewish and converts to Judaism alike.

So did Moshe relate to the Israelites what must be done to the blasphemer and so they did stone him to death. (The whole procedure involved pushing him off a two story building (see Rashi on Shmos 19:13) then stoning, then hanging the accused on a pole, taking him down before nightfall and then burying him (see Dvarim 21:22-23).

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Sukkos

G-d instructs Moshe regarding the holiday of Sukkos.

He says that the holiday of Sukkos should be celebrated for a seven day period beginning on the 15th of the month of Tishrei.

During these seven days, the Israelites are to live in booths. These booths signify the clouds of glory that protected the Israelites from wild beasts and animals while they traveled in the desert.

This month of Tishrei was always meant to fall during the harvesting season. To make this possible, the courts included a leap year when instituting the calendar so that the Jewish calendar which is lunar would always match up with the solar calendar. If there were no leap years, there would have been times when Tishrei would fall out during the summertime.

All of the holidays should be be celebrated as "a holy occasion" by wearing festive clothing, prayer, food and drink. Yom Kippur is the only holiday which is celebrated only with special clothing and prayer but not food and drink.

On the first day of the holiday, a peace offering must be brought. However if this day falls out on the Sabbath, one may not bring the peace offering that day. If one didn't bring the peace offering the first day, they may bring it on any of the seven days of the holiday.

On this first day you must take: fruit from the hadar tree*, a leaf (frond) from a date palm (lulav), a branch from a tree who's branches are braided like ropes (hadas), and willows (aravah) and these, celebrate before G-d.

*Side note this was a fruit tree who's branches tasted like its fruit. According to the Rambam (as well as Rashi), this is the esrog tree. He understands esrog to be the Aramaic translation of hadar.

On each of the seven days of the holiday of Sukkos one must bring a fire offering.

And then, just like a king who invited his sons to stay with him for a certain amount of time, when it is time for them to leave, the king asks them to stay one more day, so does G-d want the Israelites to keep one additional (eighth) day.

On this eighth day a fire offering should also be brought.

On the first and eighth day they should refrain from working even if this would entail monetary loss.

During the intermediate days between the first and 8th days, work which might entail monetary loss if neglected may be done.

A meal offering and libation must be brought with each fire offering (detailed in Bamidbar chapter 29).

These offerings must be brought on their appointed day. If a person doesn't bring the appointed offering for that day, they may not bring it on a different day.

Moshe relates these laws to the Israelites.