“In spite of this, there will be no one needy among you; because Adonai will certainly bless you in the land which Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess — if only you will listen carefully to what Adonai your God says and take care to obey all these mitzvot I […]

“If someone among you is needy, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which Adonai your God is giving you, you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from giving to your needy brother.  No, you must open your hand to him and lend him enough to […]

We are deep in the thick of discussing how the Lord’s Laws applied to the poor and their survival in society. In an agricultural-based society, the poor were in a particular bad situation because they didn’t own any land. In those days, land ownership equaled wealth. Period.  The only way the poor could survive was […]

“At the end of every seven years you are to have a sh’mittah.  Here is how the sh’mittah is to be done: every creditor is to give up what he has loaned to his fellow member of the community — he is not to force his neighbor or relative to repay it, because Adonai’s time of […]

“At the end of every seven years you are to have a sh’mittah. Here is how the sh’mittah is to be done: every creditor is to give up what he has loaned to his fellow member of the community — he is not to force his neighbor or relative to repay it, because Adonai’s time […]