Parshat Behar / Bechukotai
Diamonds and Settings:
Torah Portions Through the Eyes of Our Scholars
Volume 6

It says in parshat Behar, “And your brother should live with you”. In this fascinating discourse based on the interpretation of the Midrash V’Hamaseh, Rabbi Wein brings to light the obligation of Jews to help our fellow man along with our obligations to our creator in heaven. In our society today, where the “me” tends to out weight the “we”, true life lessons of what the Torah obligates us to do are brought to the fore.