The Security Situation

Shemitah comes with a promise of a triple harvest in the sixth year, yet the pasuk offers it to the person who asks, "What will we eat?" What about the one who never asks? The Malbim finds two kinds of bracha here, and the difference is bigger than it looks. And why is a whole count named after an omer, a plain measure, with weeks spelled out as well as days? The Sefer HaChinuch points the way.A determined girl with a serious illness fights her way into the school she dreams of, until one lunchroom rule threatens everything. What sits at the center of what you want?