Contents
- 1 32nd Torah Portion Leviticus/Vayikra (/lɪˈvɪtɪkəs/) called Behar בְּהַר)) for 25 May ‘24
- 2 Behar, BeHar, Be-har, or B’har
- 2.1 ֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ What is this Torah portion about?
- 2.2 ֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ Where are we in our studies?
- 2.3 ֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ What is our study called?
- 2.4 ֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ Torah:
- 2.5 ֍ ֍ ֍ ֍hafTarah or Prophets:
- 2.6 ֍ ֍ ֍ Prophet Pearls #32 – Behar (Jeremiah 32:6-27)
- 2.7 ֍ ֍ ֍ Further info concerning how to study & apply Torah:
- 2.8 ֍ ֍ ֍ Resources
- 2.9 ֍ ֍ ֍ Disclaimers
32nd Torah Portion Leviticus/Vayikra (/lɪˈvɪtɪkəs/) called Behar בְּהַר)) for 25 May ‘24
Behar, BeHar, Be-har, or B’har
Shabbat Shalom, y’all!
+++++ There was ++++ evening and morning
test everything, hold tight to what is good – 1 Thessalonians 5:21
We’re in the book of Leviticus (/lɪˈvɪtɪkəs/) – Vayikra reading in Behar.
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ What is this Torah portion about?
This week we continue reading in the Book of Leviticus (/lɪˈvɪtɪkəs/) – Vayikra (Hebrew: וַיִּקְרָא), from the first word of the book, Vayikra, “He [Yehovah] called.”
The parashah, Behar, tells the laws of the Sabbatical year (שמיטה, Shmita) and limits on debt servitude. (<<— edited from wikipedia)
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ Where are we in our studies?
The Book of Leviticus (/lɪˈvɪtɪkəs/) The English name Leviticus comes from the Latin Leviticus, which is in turn from the Greek Greek Λευιτικόν, Leuitikon, referring the priestly tribe of the Israelites, “Levi.” The Greek expression is in turn a variant of the rabbinic Hebrew torat kohanim,[2] “law of priests.”
In Hebrew, the book is called Vayikra (Hebrew: וַיִּקְרָא), from the first word of the book, Vayikra, “He [Yehovah] called.
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ What is our study called?
Behar, BeHar, Be-har, or B’har (בְּהַר — Hebrew for “on the mount”)
32 Behar 25 May ‘24, 17 Iyyar, Leviticus 25:1–26:2, Jeremiah 32:6–27, Luke 4:14–22
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ Torah:
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍hafTarah or Prophets:
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ Brit haDashah or Newer Testament
֍ ֍ ֍ Prophet Pearls #32 – Behar (Jeremiah 32:6-27)
This can be watched here or you can go over to Nehemi’s Wall and listen there by clicking here.
In this episode of Prophet Pearls, Nehemia Gordon and Keith Johnson discuss the Prophets portion of Behar covering Jeremiah 32:6-27.
To shed light on Jeremiah’s purchase of a field in this portion, Gordon provides information about archaeological discoveries and how they substantiate and clarify the ancient deeding practices Jeremiah details in this portion.
But of course, the portion isn’t solely about the challenges of conducting business while imprisoned in a besieged city;
Gordon and Johnson expound on and revel in Jeremiah’s epiphany,
“There is nothing too hard for thee.” (Which brings us to the word-of-the-week: “yipale,” from the root pei-lamed-aleph—that which is wonderful, hidden, or difficult.)
The duo debate their differing interpretations of Jeremiah’s catchphrase, “Aha” and Gordon closes in prayer that captives will continue to return to Israel and that rejoicing will increase in the streets of Jerusalem.
Image courtesy of the Digital Image Archive, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University.
“For thus said Yehovah… ‘Houses, fields, and vineyards shall again be purchased in this land.'” Jeremiah 32:15
֍ ֍ ֍ Further info concerning how to study & apply Torah:
Do Not Stop at the Books (Don’t only study! Live what you study!).
֍ ֍ ֍ Resources
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NOTE: For Older Testament passages I’ve become rather interested in reading them in the Septuagint. I know some passages are different there comparably, but the Septuagint seems to have more depth in understanding than the Bibles translated using the Masoretic text created in about 600-1000 A.D.
This is compared to the origins of the Septuagint.
The Septuagint is the very first translation of the Hebrew Bible from Hebrew to another language, Greek. It’s believed that it was probably translated as early as the third century BC. The Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek is traditionally dated to the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt (285-246 BC).
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