Parashat Bechukotai
Parashat Bechukotai: Summary
God enumerates the rewards for keeping the commandments and the punishments for violating them; the laws of tithes are then listed.
Unifying Towards Redemption
We can achieve redemption only when striving for unity, holiness, and justice.
Science Vs. Sabbath?
The environmental destruction intended as a punishment for failing to observe the sabbatical year raises contemporary questions of how to prevent environmental devastation.
Stubbornness And Chance
Two interpretations of a word illustrate different understandings of punishments listed in Parashat Bechukotai.
Faith In Difficult Times
Jeremiah's deep faith despite the impending exile predicted in Parashat B'hukotai can teach us to turn to God in the most troubling of times.
Preserving The Covenant
Incentives to keep the covenant are directed at Israel because of Israel's power, through its behavior, to break the covenant.
No Food, No Torah; No Torah, No Food
The curses in Bechukotai were actualized during the Holocaust.