Harvesting in Torah

We are commanded to leave the stalks that fall to the ground in the course of harvesting. This is the God of the Bible taught us in the Torah. It is forbidden for the landowner to harvest the stalks that fall to the ground in the course of the harvest, rather they must be left for the poor.

“The gleanings of your harvest you shall not harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger”—Leviticus 23:22.

Then in another reference, We are commanded to leave the grape clusters that have not developed for the poor. “You shall not harvest the defective clusters from your vineyard”—Leviticus 19:10.

It is forbidden for the landowner to remove all the grapes from the vineyard in the course of the harvest, rather he must leave for the poor the grape clusters that have not developed normally.

It is written: They shall make Me a sanctuary and I shall dwell within them.2 “Within them” means within everyone who honors the God of Israel, Isaac and Abraham. The core-point of the heart’s inner essence is a sanctuary for His dwelling (may He be blessed). When Messiah was on earth in the human body as JESUS, He taught us to give others, to love your enemies. He said this because the God of the bible bless every human being and every creation on this earth and under the sky.

Messiah said “that ye may be the children of your Father who is in Heaven. For He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” Matthew 5:45

If we believe in YAH and call Him our Heavenly Father, and walk in His ways and make His Holy WORD Light to our paths. We will clean ourselves and walk in righteousness. The site of the sanctuary remains sacred, even in times of exile and desolation. It doesn’t matter what you go through, you stay pure. Especially when you decided and gave your life to GOD. Though we all did sin, when we ask for forgiveness, and take baptism, we become a new creation in Him.

Then we need to have divine characteristics, one of the divine characteristics is to care for the poor and underprivileged people of the society. Therefore in the Torah, the God of the Bible, the God of Moses is speaking for the Farmers and land owners, “The gleanings of your harvest you shall not harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger”—Leviticus 23:22.