The following is a brief summary of some of thoughts said over by R' Frand on the parsha this evening. I have attempted to reproduce these vorts to the best of my ability. Any perceived inconsistency is the result of my efforts to transcribe the shiur and should not be attributed to R' Frand.
In Vayikra 25:25-26, the Torah sets forth the law relating to the redemption of a sold ancestral field (Sdei Achuza). The Torah first states in 25:25 - וּבָ֤א גֹֽאֲלוֹ֙ הַקָּרֹ֣ב אֵלָ֔יו וְגָאַ֕ל אֵ֖ת מִמְכַּ֥ר אָחִֽיו - if he has a relative who can redeem the field then he does so. Thereafter in 25:26 the Torah states וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּ֛י לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶה־לּ֖וֹ גֹּאֵ֑ל - if he has no relative then there is a process for him to redeem.
R' Frand quoted a Gemara in Kiddushin 21 in which R' Yehuda asked - is there any Jew who has no relatives? There is always some distant cousin, so why does the Torah use this language? He answers that the Torah is referring to someone with a relative who does not want to help.
R' Frand then cited Derash Moshe wherein R' Moshe Feinstein asks - if the Torah was referring to someone whose relative does not want to help, why not write that the relative is unwilling to redeem the land? He answers that if a relative does not want to help, it is as if he has no relative.
R' Frand then quoted the Sefer Be'arah Shel Torah who cites a Gemara in Yevamos which states that if a person brings close his relatives he receives a reward that Hashem will come close to him, quoting the pasuk that Hashem will say Heneini - here I am!
R' Frand said that there are 14 times in Tanach that a response of Heneini is given - 13 times it is the subordinate responding to a master, but this one time it is Hashem responding that way.
R' Frand then quoted the Maharal who writes that a person should know that that it is proper to bring close one's relatives as Hashem says I am your relative and will behave with you as you treat your relatives. If you are close to them, I will be close to you...and if you push them away, I will be distant from you.
R' Frand closed the vort by quoting the Sefer HaChayim which states that a person should bring his neighbors in and honor them, even if they are wealthier than him and this is the mitzva of Hacnasas Orchim. He explained that there was minhag in their time to have a party one day a year and bring all your relatives together. (R' Frand quipped that maybe this is the Makor for the Memorial Day Barbeque).
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