Behar Bechukosai – The Seven Secrets
From The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe by TORCH
May 7, 2026 · 57 min
About this episode
Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe discusses the historical context of farming and the spiritual implications of agricultural practices in Judaism.
I don’t know many farmers. This country used to be an agrarian society, but today fewer than 2% of Americans are farmers. This was not the case in antiquity. In antiquity, making a living effectively meant growing crops. The Almighty makes seemingly unreasonable demands of us when it asks us to cease working the field […]
People in this episode
Host: Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Topics covered
- farming
- agrarian society
- spiritual demands
- religious obligations
- crop growth
Keywords
- farming
- Judaism
- spirituality
- agrarian society
- religious obligations
Mentioned in this episode
Places: America, antiquity
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