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Episode 202·Jul 23, 2025
Ownership and Inheritance
The biblical laws regarding land ownership protect both the private property rights of the Israelites and their covenantal bond with the land.
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A Loan from God
While one would think parents should embrace their children when blessing them, Jewish tradition teaches that they should place their extended hands on them, creating a small but theologically significant distance between the parent and the child.
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