There is no greatness in programming a million computers to obey instructions. God’s greatness is taking the risk of creating a being, humans, capable of choice and responsibility and, therefore, of freely obeying God. Parshat Behar is just a single chapter, but it transformed the social structure of ancient Israel and provided a unique solution to the seemingly unsolvable conflict between two fundamental ideals: freedom and equality. Much of human history has illustrated the fact that you can have freedom without equality (capitalism/laissez-faire economics) or equality without freedom (communism, socialism), but not both. The powerful insight of the Torah is...