Behar
Sign in to save450px|thumb|A shofar Behar, BeHar, Be-har, or '''B'har' (—Hebrew for "on the mount," the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 32nd weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the Book of Leviticus. The parashah tells the laws of the Sabbatical year (, Shmita) and limits on debt servitude. The parashah constitutes Leviticus 25:1–26:2. It is the shortest of the weekly Torah portions in the Book of Leviticus (although not the shortest in the Torah). It is made up of 2,817 Hebrew letters, 737 Hebrew words, 57 verses,
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38 sectionsContents
- Readings
- First reading—Leviticus 25:1–13
- Second reading—Leviticus 25:14–18
- Third reading—Leviticus 25:19–24
- Fourth reading—Leviticus 25:25–28
- Fifth reading—Leviticus 25:29–38
- Sixth reading—Leviticus 25:39–46
- Seventh reading—Leviticus 25:47–26:2
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In inner-biblical interpretation
- Leviticus chapter 25
- Yom Kippur
- The Duty To Redeem
- Naboth
- Leviticus chapter 26
- In early nonrabbinic interpretation
- Leviticus chapter 25
- In classical rabbinic interpretation
- Leviticus chapter 25
- Leviticus 25:1–34—a Sabbatical year for the land
- Leviticus 25:35–55—limits on debt servitude
- In medieval Jewish interpretation
- Leviticus chapter 25
- In modern interpretation
- Leviticus chapter 25
- Commandments
- Haftarah
- Notes
- Further reading
- Ancient
- Biblical
- Early nonrabbinic
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
450px|thumb|A shofar Behar, BeHar, Be-har, or '''B'har' (—Hebrew for "on the mount," the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 32nd weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the Book of Leviticus. The parashah tells the laws of the Sabbatical year (, Shmita) and limits on debt servitude. The parashah constitutes Leviticus 25:1–26:2. It is the shortest of the weekly Torah portions in the Book of Leviticus (although not the shortest in the Torah). It is made up of 2,817 Hebrew letters, 737 Hebrew words, 57 verses, and 99 lines in a Torah Scroll (, Sefer Torah).
Jews generally read it in May. The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains up to 55 weeks, the exact number varying between 50 in common years and 54 or 55 in leap years. In leap years (for example, 2024 and 2027), parashah Behar is read separately. In common years (for example, 2025 and 2026), parashah Behar is combined with the next parashah, Bechukotai, to help achieve the needed number of weekly readings.