My son Shaya loves saying “Six-Seven.” He says it often, with full confidence, as if everyone in the room is supposed to understand exactly what it means.

If you are a parent, teacher, or have been around children recently, you probably know exactly what I am talking about. It is one of those strange little trends that appears from nowhere, takes over the world for a few minutes, and makes adults feel very old.

And to be honest, every time I hear him say this incredibly ridiculous phrase, I do feel a little older. I am reminded of the fact that I am now an “old person” who just doesn’t get it.

However, the Baal Shem Tov taught us that everything a person sees or hears is a lesson in serving G-d. Nothing is random. If something enters our world, even something small, even something that seems silly, there is a message we can learn from it.

Not because every trend is deep on its own. But because Torah teaches us to search for the spark of truth and the message from G-d inside everything we see and hear.

The truth is that this week’s Torah portion of Behar is all about “Six-Seven”.

As I was learning the Torah reading, I could not help but think about this strange little phrase that actually describes the very rhythm with which the world itself was built.

Six days of creation. Then the seventh day of Shabbos. Six days of work. Then the seventh day of rest.

And in this week’s Torah portion, that rhythm is brought into the land of Israel itself.

We are introduced to the mitzvah of Shmita, the sabbatical year. Just as every seventh day is Shabbos, every seventh year in the Land of Israel is a year of rest for........

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