Adina Gerver summarizes the parashah simply: God promises agricultural abundance during the 7th year, which should invoke compliance. If this promise is not adequate for compliance, Bechukotai provides the warning of what comes next. The poetic pairing of reward and punishment in our relationship with the earth continues. Today we find Talmudic loopholes that allow us to continue in our disregard for the earth. Yet the truth of climate change today poses a major threat to us. Read the article