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Shikchah: The biblical mitzvah obligating a person to leave for the poor sheaves of grain that he had forgotten to harvest.


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Certain opportunities exist that are so sublime that they cannot be evoked through a conscious act. They are so holy that we do not have the power to make them happen. They have to come along on their own.
Society & Living » Jewish Recovery » Judaism & Recovery » Parshah » Deuteronomy - Devarim » Accidental Spirituality - Ki Teitzei
rank Negative Commandment 214 (For Children)Book
It is forbidden to collect a forgotten "Omer" of grain in the field
Deuteronomy 24:19 "(When you reap your harvest in your field) and you have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it" When we reap our harvest and forget an "omer", which is a sheaf of grain, we may not go back to fetch it. We must ...
Kids » Story Time » Bookshelf » Sefer Hamitzvot » Negative » Negative Commandment 214 (For Children)
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Leaving a Forgotten Sheaf while Reaping
Deuteronomy 24:19 "If you have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to fetch it, it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless and for the widow" Even after the reaping in the field has been concluded, there is still another ...
Kids » Story Time » Bookshelf » Sefer Hamitzvot » Positive » Positive Commandment 122 (For Children)
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I. The Book of Ruth was recorded by the prophet Samuel. It is appropriate to read the Book of Ruth on Shavuot for two reasons: First, because Shavuot is a harvest festival and the Book of Ruth gives us a picture of the harvest, and how the poor were ...
Library » Jewish History » Gallery of Our Great » Judges and Early Prophets » Ruth
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A story of "riches to rags." A woman who sacrificed all in order to cleave to the G-d of Israel -- and the reward she earned for her courage.
Jewish Holidays » Shavuot » About » Shavuot Personalities » Ruth » Mother of Royalty

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