Now when Israel entered the promised land, there were no lower judgements in it, and the Community of Israel was at ease in it upon the wings of the Cherubim, for Israel did not go to rest until they had brought the evening sacrifice and so caused judgements to depart. When the burnt-offering burnt on the altar, there was ease and comfort throughout, and the Spouse was with her Husband. Hence it is written, “and the earth shall rest a sabbath for the Lord”; for such it was literally.
R. Eleazar further quoted here the verse: “If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve” (Ex. 21, 2). ‘Every Israelite’, he said, ‘who is circumcised and bears on him the holy impress has relief in the sabbatical year, because it belongs of right to him to find rest therein: and this is called “the Sabbath of the land”. Truly there is freedom and rest in it; as the Sabbath is rest for all, so the sabbatical year is rest for all, for the spirit and the body.
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תָּא חֲזֵי, ה' נַיְיחָא הוּא דְּעִלָאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי. בְּגִין כָּךְ, ה' עִלָּאָה, ה' תַּתָּאָה. נַיְיחָא דְּעִלָּאִין, נַיְיחָא דְּתַּתָּאִין. ה' עִלָּאָה, שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים. ה' תַּתָּאָה, שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים בִּלְחוֹדַיְיהוּ. דָּא שְׁמִטָּה, וְדָא יוֹבְלָא.
Observe that the He denotes rest for higher and lower-the higher He for the higher and the lower for the lower. The higher He is seven years seven times, the lower He is seven years only; the one is a sabbatical year, the other a Jubilee;
and when closely scrutinized, both are found to be one. ‘In this rest of the land slaves are also required to partake. Hence it is written, “In the seventh year he shall go out free for nothing” (Ex. 21, 2).
תָּא חֲזֵי, כֵּיוָן דְּעָאלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאַרְעָא, לָא אִשְׁתְּכָחוּ בָּהּ דִּינִין תַּתָּאִין, וּכְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲוַת בָּהּ בְּנַיְיחָא, עַל כַּנְפֵי דִּכְרוּבִים. כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמַר, דִּכְתִּיב, (ישעיהו א׳:כ״א) צֶדֶק יָלִין בָּהּ. כְּדֵין הֲוַת לָהּ נַיְיחָא מִכֹּלָּא. דְּהָא יִשְׂרָאֵל לָא נַיְימִין, עַד דִּמְקָרְבֵי קָרְבְּנָא דְּבֵין הָעַרְבַּיִם, וְאִסְתְּלִיקוּ דִּינִין. וְעוֹלָה הֲוָה אִתּוֹקַד עַל מַדְבְּחָא, וּכְדֵין הֲוָה לָהּ נַיְיחָא מִכֹּלָּא, וְלָא אִשְׁתְּכַח אֶלָּא אִתְּתָא בְּבַעְלָהּ, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב כִּי תָּבֹאוּ וְגוֹ' וְשָׁבְתָה הָאָרֶץ, נַיְיחָא וַדַּאי. (ויקרא כ״ה:ב׳) וְשָׁבְתָה הָאָרֶץ שַׁבָּת לַיְיָ', שַׁבָּת לַיְיָ' מַמָּשׁ.
Now when Israel entered the promised land, there were no lower judgements in it, and the Community of Israel was at ease in it upon the wings of the Cherubim, for Israel did not go to rest until they had brought the evening sacrifice and so caused judgements to depart. When the burnt-offering burnt on the altar, there was ease and comfort throughout, and the Spouse was with her Husband. Hence it is written, “and the earth shall rest a sabbath for the Lord”; for such it was literally.
תּוּ פָּתַח רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, (שמות כ״א:ב׳) כִּי תִקְנֶה עֶבֶד עִבְרִי שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבוֹד וְגוֹ'. בְּגִין דְּכָל בַּר יִשְׂרָאֵל דְּאִתְגְּזַר, דְּאִית בֵּיהּ רְשִׁימָא קַדִּישָׁא, אִית לֵיהּ נַיְיחָא בִּשְׁמִטָּה. דְּהָא דִּילֵיהּ הוּא הַהוּא שְׁמִטָּה, לְנַיְיחָא בֵּיהּ. וְדָא אִקְרֵי שַׁבַּת הָאָרֶץ, ודַּאי חֵירוּ אִית בָּהּ. נַיְיחָא בָּהּ, כְּמָה דְּשַׁבָּת נַיְיחָא הוּא דְּכֹלָּא, הָכִי נָמֵי שְׁמִטָּה נַיְיחָא דְּכֹלָּא, נַיְיחָא הוּא דְּרוּחָא וְגוּפָא.
R. Eleazar further quoted here the verse: “If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve” (Ex. 21, 2). ‘Every Israelite’, he said, ‘who is circumcised and bears on him the holy impress has relief in the sabbatical year, because it belongs of right to him to find rest therein: and this is called “the Sabbath of the land”. Truly there is freedom and rest in it; as the Sabbath is rest for all, so the sabbatical year is rest for all, for the spirit and the body.
תָּא חֲזֵי, ה' נַיְיחָא הוּא דְּעִלָאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי. בְּגִין כָּךְ, ה' עִלָּאָה, ה' תַּתָּאָה. נַיְיחָא דְּעִלָּאִין, נַיְיחָא דְּתַּתָּאִין. ה' עִלָּאָה, שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים. ה' תַּתָּאָה, שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים בִּלְחוֹדַיְיהוּ. דָּא שְׁמִטָּה, וְדָא יוֹבְלָא.
Observe that the He denotes rest for higher and lower-the higher He for the higher and the lower for the lower. The higher He is seven years seven times, the lower He is seven years only; the one is a sabbatical year, the other a Jubilee;
וְכַד מִסְתַּכְּלִין מִלֵּי כֹּלָּא חַד. בְּגִין כָּךְ וְשָׁבְתָה הָאָרֶץ, בְּהַהוּא נַיְיחָא דְּאַרְעָא, אִצְטְרִיכוּ עַבְדִּין נַיְיחָא. וּבְגִין כָּךְ, וּבַשְּׁבִיעִית יֵצֵא לַחָפְשִׁי חִנָּם. חִנָּם, מַהוּ חִנָּם. דְּלָא יָהִיב לְמָארֵיהּ כְּלוּם.
and when closely scrutinized, both are found to be one. ‘In this rest of the land slaves are also required to partake. Hence it is written, “In the seventh year he shall go out free for nothing” (Ex. 21, 2).