Behar - What Do We Learn From a Loaf of Bread?

What do we learn from a loaf of bread? This weeks Torah portion gives us some unusual mitzvot to observe in the Land of Israel, but are they so strange? We are to treat the land as if it had feelings and could be harmed. Perhaps the Torah and rabbis were not so far off in a physical sense (land conservation and global warming). What about the metaphorical understanding of this passage? What do we learn when we extend concern to inanimate objects? Listen and find out. The First Bat Mitzvah The Sabbath - AJ Heschel The music you hear on this podcast is by Suzanne Teng and available for download or by CD from Magnatune.