Questions tagged [bechukosai]
The weekly Torah portion of Bechukosai (Leviticus 26:3-27:34)
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Why is the Transgression of Temurah mentioned twice?
We find the transgression of Temura - תמורה mentioned twice in פרשת בחוקותי
In פרק כ”ז פסוק י
לֹ֣א יַחֲלִיפֶ֗נּוּ וְלֹֽא־יָמִ֥יר אֹת֛וֹ ט֥וֹב בְּרָ֖ע אוֹ־רַ֣ע בְּט֑וֹב וְאִם־הָמֵ֨ר יָמִ֤יר בְּהֵמָה֙ ...
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What Is The Fulfillment Of Leviticus 26:35?
32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your ...
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Source for Quiet Tochacha Leining
The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (78:4) brings the custom of
וְכָל מַה שֶׁקּוֹרֵא בְּקוֹל נָמוּךְ, צָרִיךְ שֶׁיְהֵא עַל כָּל
פָּנִים הַקּוֹל נִשְׁמַע לַצִבּוּר - Anyone who reads [the Tochacha]
in a low ...
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Where are the last fourteen of the 49 curses in Bechukosai, Rashi only lists 5 sets of 7?
Rashi in the beginning of pashas Netzavim writes, that there are 49 curses in parshas Bechukosai - ["besides the forty-nine that are contained in Torath-Cohanim"] . When you go through the Rashi in ...
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Why is Moshe's version of the tochacha longer than God's?
The version of the tochacha (warnings / "curses") in parshat Ki Tavo are much longer (i.e. occupy almost double as many verses) as the ones in parshat Bechukotai.
I am assuming that nearly all the ...
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Connection Between Tochacha and Evaluating People (Arechin) [duplicate]
Immediately after the long Tochacha of Bechukosai (Vayikra 26:14), the Torah continues with Arechin (Vayikra 27)- evalutating people's value in money to be consecrated for the Mishkan/Beis HaMikdash. ...
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Does the Tokhacha (Leviticus 26:14-41; Deuteronomy 28:15-68) apply to the Holocaust?
Does the curse of the Law (Leviticus 26:14-41 and Deuteronomy 28:15-68) apply in some way to the Shoah/Holocaust? Likewise, the prayer of Daniel in Daniel 9:4-19, in which he does not blame the ...
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What are the 49 curses and the 98 curses?
Specifically, I am looking for an official list and breakdown of both sets of curses so I can compare the two. And ideally an existing comparison of both.
I know there are 49 in Vayikra (parsha ...
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Differences in Tochacha (rebuke) between Ki Tavo and Behukotai
As I understand, one of the main differences between the rebuke in parshat Bekhukotai and parshat Ki Tavo is that the earlier one is spoken by G-d and the later one is spoken by Moshe, as is the ...
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Places in Tanach where Yaakov & Eliyahu are spelled different than usual
Rashi in Parshas Bechukosai פרק כו פסוק מב says there are 5 places that Yaakov is spelled with a vav like this יעקוב & Eliyahu is spelled without a vav like this אליה.
The first full spelling of ...
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What's up with the end of Sefer Vayikra?
Sefer Vayikra has lots of laws in it, and then it closes with an appropriate conclusion, namely, the story of what happens to Israel if it chooses to follow those laws, or if (ח"ו) Israel strays ...
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Evidence that Yovel was ever observed?
In the 5773 podcast at 21:38m Behar, Bechukotai: An Economic Vision of Justice from the Pardes Institute, Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy says that there is no historical evidence that the Yovel year was ever ...
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Is The looking for a source or book itself a part of toiling in Torah?
There is a mitzvah to toil in Torah study. See Rashi Vayikra 26:3:
אם בחקתי תלכו. יָכוֹל זֶה קִיּוּם הַמִּצְוֹת, כְּשֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר וְאֶת מִצְוֹתַי
תִּשׁ��מְרוּ וַעֲשִיתֶם אֹתָם הֲרֵי קִיּוּם הַמִּצְוֹת אָמוּר, הָא ...
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Are there certain people that should not be called for the aliyah having the rebuke?
This coming Shabbat, in Bechukotai the 5th aliyah includes a section known as תוכחה (words of "rebuke" if we do not follow G-d's laws.)
Our shul ritual committee discussed who to give the aliyah to, ...
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What does עמלות בתורה actually mean?
Poroshas beĥukosai begins with the words אם בחוקותי תלכו which rashi, somewhat famously explains, based on toras kohanim that this means 'if we will be עמלים בתורה'.
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