{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Parsha Review Podcast · Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe","title":"Stop Toiling the Fields – Start Toiling in Torah [Parsha Pearls: Behar-Bechukosai] 5786","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/acc246a0\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1518,"description":"In this Parsha Review Podcast episode on the double portion Behar-Bechukotai, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explores the profound lessons of the Sabbatical year (Shemitah) and Jubilee (Yovel). The Torah commands a complete year off from agricultural work every seven years, requiring total trust (bitachon) in Hashem, who promises miraculous provision through a triple blessing in the sixth year. This highlights divine authorship of the Torah, as no human could guarantee such future-oriented miracles. The Jubilee further resets land ownership, returning properties to original tribal families.\nRabbi Wolbe emphasizes the Torah’s prohibition against verbal pain (ona’as devarim) — even a hurtful remark violates a biblical command — and connects it to fearing Hashem and observing His laws for secure dwelling in the Land. He addresses the reasons for exile, reconciling Shemitah neglect with broader commandment violations through the Talmudic teaching that the Torah was given not to perfect angels but to imperfect humans facing real challenges.\nThe episode culminates in a powerful call to productive toil: just as the ant never stops working, we must channel our labor toward spiritual growth during Shemitah (toiling in Torah), maintain life balance, avoid time-wasters like addictive social media, and emulate disciplined productivity. True success comes from trusting Hashem, recalibrating values, and producing rather than merely consuming.\n_____________\nThis episode of the Parsha Review Podcast is dedicated in honor of Lenny & Teresa FriedmanDownload & Print the Parsha Review Notes:\nhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ncaRyoH5iJmGGoMZs9y82Hz2ofViVouv?usp=sharingRecorded at TORCH Meyerland in the Levin Family Studios (B) to a live audience on May 5, 2026, in Houston, Texas.\nReleased as Podcast on May 7, 2026_____________\nSubscribe: Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parsha-review-podcast-rabbi-aryeh-wolbe/id1651930083)Spotify...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/t11dxABNQ1gqr0d1LnqdC2FrzVV6VX20D6cdGaRgYpk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM2ODQ0LzE2OTUw/NTY0NDQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}