Behar (Sidra)
Behar ( Biblical Hebrew בְּהַר 'On the mountain' = Sinai ) denotes a reading section (called Parascha or Sidra) of the Torah and includes the text Leviticus / Wajikra 25–26.2 (25 BHS , 26.1-2 BHS ).
It is the cider of the 2nd or 3rd Shabbat in the month of Ijjar or, if connected with Bechukotaj , of the 4th Shabbat in the month of Ijjar.
Essential content
- Every 7th year is a sabbatical year in which fields and vineyards may not be tilled; Accidental income is ownerless property (Hefker) and can be enjoyed by everyone
- Every 50th year is Jubilee year , beyond which no field may be leased; Fields may be bought back at any time
- Houses in a walled city can only be bought back within the first year (special regulation in the Levite cities)
- Houses in open places are seen as open fields
- Ban on collecting interest
- Israelite slaves must return to their families as free people in their jubilee year at the latest.
- Israelite slaves from foreign peoples should be released, otherwise they will remain there until the Jubilee year.
- Prohibition of idols, pillars, mosaic floors depicting images
Haftara
The associated Haftara is according to the Ashkenazi rite Jeremiah 32.6-27 BHS , according to the Sephardic rite Jeremiah 32.6-22 BHS .
literature
- David Sander: BEHAR . In: Jewish Lexicon . tape I . Jewish publishing house, Berlin 1927, Sp. 791 f . ( uni-frankfurt.de ).
- Selig Bamberger (translator), Raschi's Pentateuch commentary , Goldschmidt, Basel, fourth edition 2002, pp. 390–399
- Sidratext Wajikra / Leviticus 25-26.2. after the Codex L . In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 8, 2017 .
- Haftaratext Jer 32,6-27. according to the Codex L. In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 8, 2017 .
Web links
- haGalil: beHar
- CHABAD.ORG: Parasha Behar
- Walter Rothschild: Behar - Sinai - Twelve months break. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, May 16, 2014, accessed December 21, 2018 .
- Walter Rothschild: Behar - Schmitta - Twelve months break. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, May 31, 2012, accessed December 21, 2018 .
- Walter Rothschild: Behar Bechukotai - Times have always been tough. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, May 22, 2015, accessed December 21, 2018 .
- Antje Yael Deusel: Behar Bechukotai - recovery for the country. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, May 18, 2018, accessed December 21, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hanna Liss: Tanach - Textbook of the Jewish Bible . 3. Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-5904-1 , p. 131 (414 pp.).