Agricultural Cycle

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  1. The Dual Significance of Sukkot

    Prof. Jonathan Grossman

  2. AN END THAT IS ALSO A BEGINNING

    Rabbi Yaakov Nagen (Genack)

  3. The Spiritual Process of the Holidays

    Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

  4. Planting, Creation, and the New Year of the Trees

    HaTanakh.com Staff

  5. Shavuot: A New Holiday

    Rabbi Jay Kelman

  6. Rashi on Emor: Festivals and Fields

    Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell | 19 minutes

    We discuss Rashi on Parashat Emor.  One of Rashi’s comments touches upon the question of where our focus must be- on the Beit HaMikdash or on the foundation of a good society? In the midst of Parshat haMoadim (the section about the agricultural festivals), a  law about reaping fields reappears. Peah is an agricultural mitzva, and helping the poor is important, but what is this mitzva doing here? What accounts for the repetition after it appears in PArashat Kedoshim? What is the significance of its placement in the midst of the regalim (Pilgrimage Festivals)?