Torah describes the laws of shemitah, the laws of the sabbatical year, and also yovel, a Jubilee year. This was a time when Israel was challenged to let the land have its Shabbat, a complete rest from agriculture. And yet this rest was not going to bring economic suffering upon Israel. It’s a holy time. Vayikra, Leviticus 25:11 says - on the fiftieth year lo tiz’rahu ve lo tik’tsaru, “do not sow and do not harvest.” Torah instructs Israel not to plant and not gather the harvest in the storage places. The vines were to be left unpruned because of the jubilee year. It’s a time of restoration for the land.

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