Parashas Behar - Bechukosai :- This Torah Post I dedicate to my Beloved Ima . May HaShem Send my beloved Ima Abundant Brochas and Bless my Ima with Peace , Tranquility and Everlasting Happiness In Shamaim Close To HaShem . The Parsha this Shabbos is a Double Parsha of Parashas Behar and Parashas Bechukosai taking us to the end of the Book of Vayikra Leviticus in The Holy Torah Of HaShem . The Haftorah is Yirmeyahu Jeremiah 16:19 - 17:14 . Both the Torah Portion and the Haftorah speak of Admonitions and consequences for not keeping HaShem's Torah Laws . Parashas Behar begins teaching us of the Shemittah year , the Sabbatical Seventh Year , when we are in the Land of Israel , that we are to let our Land lie fallow and not sow our field or prune our vineyard . Just as HaShem Commanded at the beginning of Creation , that we are to Keep The Sabbath , the Seventh Day , and do no manner of Work at all , so are we to do the same with our Fields and Vineyards . The number Seven in Judaism is a holy number . There are Seven days to the week , within Creation and Seven Years in the Shemittah Year . There are Seven words in the first verse of Bereishis in the Torah . We await Moshiach , whose Gematriah is Seven . HaShem Made Six Days of Creation , and the Seventh Day is Holy To and For HaShem and Is The Holy Shabbos . We have Seven weeks , in the Omer that we count toward Holiness , that we are right now in the process of counting , when we received the Ten Commandments after Seven Weeks after coming our of Egypt , where on that very next day after the Seven Weeks , on that Fiftieth Day , like the Fiftieth Year of the Yovel Year , on that Fiftieth Day after Coming from Mitzrayim , is Shavuot , When HaShem Revealed Himself To us On Har Sinai , like this Parsha is called " Behar . " There are Seven Days , where a male boy born has to have gone through a Shabbos , where on the next day after the Seventh Day , on that Eighth Day , he is given a Bris . We Jewish males , wind the Tefillin around the arm Seven times . Though there are Five Books in the Torah , we are told that there is a separation in a certain verse place of the Torah , which would make it Spiritually Seven Books . This verse is in Bamidbar Numbers 10 : 35 - 36 , that we recite when returning the Torah to the Ark . There are Seven Heavens and Seven Main Levels to Shamaim with umpteen levels of Seven in between , as the Spiritual Firmament . Moshe was the Seventh generation from and including Avraham , for the Seven Generations from Avraham , were Avraham , Yitzchak , Yaakov , Levi , Kohath , Amram and Moshe . And there are many other examples of the Holiness of the Number Seven , like Shabbos being the Seventh Day of Creation , and the Seventh Day of the week . When it comes to the Shabbos and the Shemittah Year , we are to put total trust and have total faith in HaShem , that when we don't work our Fields for the whole year , HaShem Will Still Bless us and Provide For us . Just the same as we are not to go to work on Shabbos , in full Faith in HaShem , That HaShem Will Bless us . To keep the Shabbos , shows Complete Faith in HaShem's Creation . Creation took place in six days , and so , to Keep Shabbos That HaShem Created , shows our Faith and Belief That HaShem Created the other Six Days and all that HaShem Created in them . The Shemittah Year , for the Land of Israel , is the same kind of show of Faith , that HaShem Creates all things and , In Him , is our Parnosa and and all that we need for living . The very fact that we stop our every day occupation and give this Day of Shabbos for HaShem and to spend Quality Time with HaShem , putting our own Physical wants aside , shows that we Acknowledge that Creation , Is HaShem's Creation and that all that is , Belongs To HaShem . The same is with the Shemittah Year , where , we work our Fields for Six Years and in the Seventh Year , we stop and acknowledge HaShem's True And Rightful Ownership Of the Field . The very fact of not working the Field in the Sabbatical Year , shows that we know the Fields and everything in Creation , is not ours at all , and that all things in Creation , are on loan From HaShem . During this Sabbatical Year , we are to open up our Fields for our neighbors and the poor of the Land . What A Beautiful Kind Law Of HaShem . How Giving Is HaShem . Thus , in this Sabbatical Year , we make and state that the Land is ' Ownerless . ' The Land Always and Forever , Is Always HaShem's . We are then to count Seven Cycles of Sabbatical Years , making Forty Nine Years , and then in the Seventh Month , on the Tenth of the Month , Yom Kippur , we are to sound a broken blast of the Shofar , throughout the Land and Sanctify the Fiftieth Year , proclaiming Freedom throughout the Land for all it's inhabitants and those who are serving , such is the Yovel Jubilee Year , where each man , you shall return , to his ancestral heritage and each man you shall return , to his family . The Jubilee Year , is the year that all slaves go free . On it , just like the Shemittah Year , you shall not sow or harvest . Thus , in the Jubilee Year , the Land will have stayed fallow , for two years long , the Jubilee Year , and the Shemittah Year , just before it . Torah also Teaches that in the Jubilee Year , Land is returned to its original owner . Torah Goes Through the different Laws of how Land is Redeemed , depending on whether it was in a Walled or Un-Walled City , in the Land of Israel , in the time of Yehoshuah's Conquest of the Land . HaShem's Torah Also Discusses the Levite Cities and then Talks of the Poor , that we are to take care of the Poor . The Laws of the Jewish Slave are discussed and how we must redeem our impoverished brothers as soon as possible . The Parsha of Behar ends With HaShem Reminding us that we are His Servants , whom HaShem Took out of the Land of Mitzrayim , and thus , we are not to remain servants to human masters , for we are only under HaShem . This is also a deep Law , reminding us never to make any human into a False Deity , putting them above us , For Only HaShem Is G-D . The Parsha ends with reminding us not to make idols or statues or pillars in Eretz Yisrael for idol worship , or a flooring stone as the pagans and idol worshipers do , upon which to prostrate oneself for prayer to idols , Chas Ve Shalom , for Only HaShem Is HaShem our G-D , and that we are to observe HaShem's Shabbos And HaShem's Sanctuary , For HaShem Is HaShem , The Only True G-D . Parashas Bechukosai Starts out by Saying " Im Bechukosai Teileichu , " - " If you follow My Decrees . " One has to ask , why HaShem Says " If , " with regards to Obeying Him . The answer is very straightforward , for we know that HaShem Wants us to Keep His Commandments . But unlike the Malachim - Angels , HaShem Gives us the opportunity to grow . This can only take place if we have ' Free Choice . ' For we can gain holiness if we genuinely choose to be holy . A robot can only do what it is programmed to do . It thus cannot better itself , but always remains on the level it is , when it was made . But us , as human beings , can choose to be holy and climb towards HaShem in Holiness , and so , HaShem , Has Given us each the opportunity to grow into Holiness and continue growing in Holiness . Thus Does HaShem Give us the choice that " Im Bechukosai Teileichu , " - " That " if " we choose to grow in Holiness , then the pathway to HaShem is through HaShem's Laws , Commandments and Decrees . So , our very Gift of being given this opportunity to grow , is actually our opportunity to show how much we love HaShem , over and greater than ourselves . For this action , we Will Be Blessed With many Brochas That HaShem Will Shower Upon us . Even though our following HaShem's Laws , will bring us Brochas , the very following of HaShem , Is for our own benefit . How Selfless Is our Beautiful And Beloved HaShem . Of course , should we disobey and not follow HaShem , then upon us , will come the Tochachah , the Admonitions , mentioned in this Parsha . The choice is given to us . HaShem Wants us to Live , And Only By HaShem's Commandments , can we Live . The very act of us going astray , will set us up for the path and road to negativity that we choose , which brings its own pitfalls and problems . Again the choice is ours . Torah is our Lighthouse to come home to shore . To travel safely , through this physical World and come back home to HaShem , and so , grow toward Holiness and come ever closer to HaShem . HaShem Is Very Clear , in this Sedra , about what will happen if we disobey , and when we read through these Tochachah , we note how True Is Torah , for some of these Tochachah - Admonitions , have taken place , when we have disobeyed . This is our own fault , for going off the path of Torah . HaShem Then Discusses Gifts to the Temple and Valuations as we grow and Vows , the Sanctifying of and Redemption of Animals , Houses and Fields , Segregated Property and Tithes , and ends this Parsha of " Bechukosai , " and The Book of Vayikra Leviticus Torath Kohanim with saying , " Eileh Ha Mitzvos Asher Tzivah HaShem Es Moshe el B'nei Yisrael Behar Sinai " - " These are the Commandments That HaShem Commanded Moshe to the Children of Israel on Mount Sinai , " so we thus come back to the first Parsha of this Shabbos Double Parsha Sedra , " Behar " Sinai . We note that the Laws of the Shemittah - Sabbatical and Yovel - Jubilee Years are preceded by the words at the beginning of the Parsha of " Behar " with the words , " Behar Sinai . " Even though this Parsha is put long after HaShem's Revelation On Har Sinai , yet this Parsha , is introduced with the Fact that these words are those Spoken By HaShem To Moshe , " Behar Sinai , " - " On Har Sinai . " The reason for this is That HaShem Is Telling us , That HaShem Gave these Instructions On Har Sinai . Not just that , but also That HaShem Gave Moshe all The Laws on Har Sinai , and throughout the travels of the Children Of Israel through the Wilderness , HaShem Taught Moshe And Also Expanded On The Laws Given on Har Sinai . All Laws Were Given To Moshe On Mount Sinai . All Laws , that are in the Torah and that were ever Given to our Nevi'im , our Prophets , that we have in the Tanach and their explanations and full details through time and our Oral Understanding for Each Law , to its minutest detail , that appears in our Beautiful Gemorrahs and Mishnayos , All This Was Given By HaShem , To Moshe and our People on Har Sinai and Forever After , By HaShem , With His Beautiful Love and Care , To Help us grow higher in Holiness , toward HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu HaShem The Holy One Blessed Be He . Every time we follow a Law of HaShem , and all its Details , let us remember that these details have come to us originally from Mount Sinai . HaShem Spoke To Moshe And Also to us On Har Sinai , and HaShem's Voice , that nothing can stop , Is Still Carrying Through The Generations of centuries , And Still Speaks To us Today . HaShem , even then , Knew what Questions each of us might ask thousands of years later , And HaShem Gave us Answers to them even then . HaShem Still Does Answer us Now , And Also HaShem Answered us Then , For Now . How Vast And Almighty Is HaShem . Spiritually , we can still touch the time that each and every one of us Jews were at Har Sinai . For every Jew , past , present and future still to come , stood at Har Sinai , as well as the Gairim too . We are all connected to Har Sinai , And HaShem's Voice Carries Through To us , Through The Centuries . I have mentioned this before , That HaShem's Voice Has No Echo . For sound to have an echo , that sound wave must be able to be stopped , by a harder more solid surface , But In The Case Of HaShem And His Voice , It Is So Powerful And Penetrating And Almighty , that nothing anywhere in the Universe , is Strong Enough to halt HaShem's Voice , And So , HaShem's Voice , Can Never Have an Echo . HaShem's Voice Carries On Through Time , And Even If HaShem Says Something thousands of years ago , That Word of whatever It Is That HaShem Said , Is Thus Never Ending . Though Har Sinai was long ago , HaShem's Voice From Then , Still Reaches us now , Through Many Ways , Even In An Answer That we feel we Get , when learning Torah . And So Do HaShem's Laws . Nothing Can Contain HaShem's Voice , For His Voice Is All Powerful And Never Ending . HaShem Wants us all to live A Torah Life . The very keeping of Torah , Is HaShem's Pathway Means To Life And Life Eternal . It Is our Existence . It Is The True Total Purpose of Creation , Making all Physicality Holy and A Home For HaShem To Dwell With us . Though HaShem Leaves the choice up to us , to Keep HaShem's Laws , This Choice , if we choose wisely and correctly , Will Bring us , From HaShem , Untold Brochas , and is True Life and Living . To disobey , which is akin , to not Living , for it goes against the very pathway to Life , of Torah and Creation , brings with it the opposite , which is , ' Not Living , ' and so is a path to Negativity and Curse . HaShem Wants us to Choose Life . HaShem Wants us to Choose to better ourselves , but the choice is ours . Torah , Is Revelation . In each and every word of Torah , Is HaShem's Revelation And Light . Har Sinai , HaShem's Revelation , Carries Through , in every Mitzah we keep . In every Word In Torah , That HaShem Writes . In every Commandment From HaShem , that we do . Har Sinai is always with us , as long as we choose to obey HaShem and His Torah . Torah is Life . HaShem's Gift Of Torah , Is HaShem's Pathway For us to The Light , to True Life , To HaShem , Who Awaits our very love , that we all , deep down want to show HaShem . So let us all , always choose , to ever keep climbing higher and higher " Behar , " - " The Mountain , " working ever closer and closer to HaShem And HaShem's Light . HaShem's Beautiful Radiant Holy Light . Let us all choose Life , True Eternal Life , In The Arms Of HaShem's Love . I wish HaShem With Forever And Sweetest Love , A Most Beautiful And Special Shabbos Kodesh With Eternal Deepest Love , and to all my fellow Jews and to all of Creation , a Most Special and Holy Sweet Shabbos Kodesh With Love .