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

The associated Haftara is according to the Ashkenazi rite Jeremiah 32.6-27 BHS , according to the Sephardic rite Jeremiah 32.6-22 BHS .

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 .

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CHABAD.ORG: Parasha Behar
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↑ 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.).