The weekly parshah (Torah portion) — a double portion this week — is Behar / Bechukotai (Leviticus 25:1-26:2, 26:3-27:34). It offers ways to live in harmony with the land we farm (by letting it rest every seven years) and a measure of justice: slaves are to be freed, debts forgiven, and land restored to its original owners, every 50 years. It promises blessings — peace, plenty, prosperity, and Divine presence — if we live according to these laws, and warns of dire consequences if we don’t.