Stewardship, Debt, and Faithful Adaptation for Diaspora Communities Hebrew House | Teaching Resource The Foundation: HaShem Owns the Land Torah’s economic system begins not with a percentage but with a theological claim: “The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me.” — Leviticus 25:23 Humans are stewards, not owners. Every economic command in Torah flows from that single premise. Tithes, debt release, gleaning l