Aliya Summary: We are introduced to the laws of "orlah," the
prohibition against eating the fruit of a new sapling for the first
three years, and the obligation to sanctify the fruit of the fourth
year. We are enjoined not to engage in witchcraft or prostitution, or
tattoo our bodies. Men are instructed not to destroy the hair at the
edges of their scalp or the corners of their beards. We are commanded to
observe the Shabbat; respect G‑d's sanctuary, Torah scholars and the
elderly.
The Talmud tells of a Rabbi who told his
collegue that when he sees men sitting by the roadside, he circumvents
them so as not to burden them with standing for him as he passes by. His
friend told him that he was not acting wisely, because the Torah
attached Reverence for G-d to the commandment of standing for the
elderly and the Torah Scholar, and that he shouldn't "spare them" from
this opportunity.
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