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Sheviit (“Seventh”) is a tractate in Seder Zeraim (“Order of Seeds”). It discusses the biblically-mandated seventh year of the agricultural cycle, known as the Shemitah year, when working the land is prohibited, produce that grows on the land takes on a sacred status, and debts are forgiven. The tractate’s ten chapters address details such as types of prohibited agricultural practices, timelines of prohibitions, and the places in which Shemitah applies.

Composed: Talmudic Israel (c.375 - c.425 CE)נוצר/נערך: ישראל התלמודית (375 - 425 לספירה בקירוב)

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משנה: הַמַּחֲזִיר חוֹב בַּשְּׁבִיעִית רוּחַ חֲכָמִים נוֹחָה הִימֶּנּוּ. הַלֹּװֶה מִן הַגֵּר שֶׁנִּתְגַּייְרוּ בָנָיו עִמּוֹ לֹא יַחֲזִיר לְבָנָיו וְאִם הֶחֱזִיר רוּחַ חֲכָמִים נוֹחָה הִימֶּנּוּ. כָּל־הַמִּיטַּלְטְלִין נִקְנִין בִּמְשִׁיכָה וְכָל־הַמְקַייֵם אֶת דְּבָרוֹ רוּחַ חֲכָמִים נוֹחָה הִימֶּנּוּ.

MISHNAH: If somebody repays a debt in the Sabbatical, the Sages are pleased with him. If somebody borrows from a convert whose sons converted with him, he does not have to repay the sons but if he repaid, the Sages are pleased with him. Movables are acquired only by being drawn close, but the Sages are pleased with everybody who keeps his word.

הלכה: רִבִּי לָֽעְזָר אָמַר וּבִלְבַד לְבָנָיו. רִבִּי יוֹסֵי בָּעֵי מַהוּ וּבִלְבַד לְבָנָיו. אִם יֵשׁ לוֹ בָנִים יַחֲזִיר לְבָנָיו. אִם אֵין לוֹ בָנִים יַחֲזִיר לִבְנוֹתָיו. שֶׁלֹּא תֹאמַר הוֹאִיל וְאֵין יְרוּשַׁת הַגֵּר דְּבַר תּוֹרָה יַחֲזִיר לְבָנָיו כְּיוֹצֵא בוֹ מִי שֶׁמֵּת סוֹף מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ וְאֵין לוֹ יוֹרֵשׁ אֶלָּא אִמּוֹ לֹא יַחֲזִיר וְאִם הֶחֱזִיר רוּחַ חֲכָמִים נוֹחָה הִימֶּנּוּ.

HALAKHAH: Rebbi Eleazar said, only to his sons. Rebbi Yose asked, what means “only to his sons?” If he has sons, one should return it to his sons. If he has no sons, one should return it to his daughters. That you should not say, since the inheritance of the convert is not settled in the Torah, he should return it to the children. Similarly, if somebody died who was the last of his family and he has no heir except his mother one does not have to repay, but if the debtor repaid the Sages are pleased with him.

הַגַּזְלָן שֶׁעָשָׂה תְשׁוּבָה וּבִיקֵּשׁ לְהַחֲזִיר אֶת הַגְּזֵילָה הַמְּקַבֵּל הִימֶּנּוּ אֵין רוּחַ חֲכָמִים נוֹחָה הִימֶּנּוּ.

The robber who repents and wants to return what he robbed, if somebody accepts it from him, the Sages are displeased with him.

רִבִּי חִייָה בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר הַנּוֹשֵׂא וְהַנּוֹתֵן בִּדְבָרִים דְּאַתְּ אָמַר אֵין רוּחַ חֲכָמִים נוֹחָה הִימֶּנּוּ. וְזִימְנִין דְּאַתְּ אָמַר אֵין מוֹסְרִין אוֹתוֹ אֶלָּא לְמִי שֶׁפָּרַע.

Rebbi Ḥiyya in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: If somebody trades in promises, there you say the Sages are displeased with him. But sometimes you say only that one gives him up to “Him who made pay”.

רִבִּי זְעִירָא רִבִּי אַבָּהוּ בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן הַנּוֹתֵן עֵירָבוֹן טַבַּעַת לַחֲבֵירוֹ וּבִיקֵּשׁ לַחֲזוֹר בּוֹ חוֹזֵר בּוֹ. רִבִּי זְעִירָא בָּעָא קוֹמֵי רִבִּי אַבָּהוּ זָהוּב אָמַר לֵיהּ טַבַּעַת. מַה בֵּין זָהוּב וּמַה בֵּין טַבַּעַת. זָהוּב דַּרְכּוֹ לְהִשְׁתַּנּוֹת טַבַּעַת בְּעֵיינָהּ הִיא.

Rebbi Zeïra, Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: He who gives a ring as surety and wants to get out of the deal, may get out of the deal. Rebbi Zeïra asked before Rebbi Abbahu: A gold coin? He said to him, a ring. What is the difference between a gold coin and a ring? Gold coins are exchanged, a ring remains as it is.

רִבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר זַבְדִּי רִבִּי אַבָּהוּ בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר לִיתֵּן מַתָּנָה לַחֲבֵירוֹ וּבִיקֵּשׁ לַחֲזוֹר בּוֹ חוֹזֵר בּוֹ. קָם רִבִּי יוֹסֵי עִם רִבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר זַבְדִּי אָמַר לֵיהּ הָהֵן לָאו צֶדֶק וְהִין צֶדֶק אָמַר בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאָמַר הִין שֶׁל צֶדֶק הָיָה. רַב פְּלִיג דְּרַב אָמַר כַּד אֲנָא אָמַר לִבְנֵי בֵיתִי לִיתֵּן מַתָּנָה לְבַר נַשׁ לֵינָה חָזַר בִּי. מַתְנִיתָא פְלִיגָא עַל רַב אֵימָתַי אָֽמְרוּ הַמְּטַלְטְלִין נִקְנִין בִּמְשִׁיכָה בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים אוֹ בְחָצֵר שֶׁאֵינָהּ שֶׁל שְׁנֵיהֶן בִּרְשוּת הַלּוֹקֵחַ כֵּיוָן שֶׁקִּיבֵּל עָלָיו בִּרְשׁוּת הַמּוֹכֵר לֹא קָנָה עַד שֶׁיַּגְבִּיהַּ אוֹ עַד שֶׁיִּמְשׁוֹךְ וְיוֹצִא אֶת כֹּל מֵרְשׁוּת הַבְּעָלִים בִּרְשׁוּת זֶה שֶׁהָיוּ מוּפְקָדִים אֶצְלוֹ לֹא קָנָה עַד שֶׁיְּזִיכֵּינוּ בָהֶן אוֹ עַד שֶׁיַּשְׂכִּיר לוֹ אֶת מְקוֹמָן. מַה עֲבַד לָהּ רַב כָּאן כְּשֶׁהֶעֱמִידוֹ עִמּוֹ כָּאן כְּשֶׁלֹּא הֶעֱמִידוֹ עִמּוֹ. רַב פְּלִיג דְּרַב אָמַר כַּד אֲנָא אָמַר לִבְנֵי בֵיתִי לִיתֵּן מַתָּנָה לְבַר נַשׁ לֵינָה חָזַר בִּי. תֵּדָע לָךְ חַד בַּר נַשׁ אַפְקִיד עֵירָבוֹן עַל מִילְחָא וְיָֽקְרָת. אָתָא לְגַבֵּי רַב אָמַר לֵיהּ אוֹ יִתֵּן לוֹ אֶת כָּל־עֵירָבוֹנוֹ אוֹ יִמְסוֹר לוֹ לְמִי שֶׁפָּרַע. מִחְלְפָא שִׁיטָּתֵיהּ דְּרַב. תַּמָּן הוּא אָמַר כַּד אֲנָא אָמַר לִבְנֵי בֵיתִי לִיתֵּן מִתָּנָה לְבַר נַשׁ לֵינָה חָזַר בִּי. וְכָא הוּא אָמַר הָכֵין. תַּמָּן לְמִידַּת הַדִּין הוּא וּמַה דְרַב נְהִיג לְמִידַּת חֲסִידוּת.

Rebbi Jacob bar Zavdi, Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: If somebody wanted to change his mind after he had promised a gift to another person, he may change his mind. Rebbi Yose was with Rebbi Jacob bar Zavdi; he said to him: Is that just no (Lev. 19:36) “and just yes?” He said, when he said it, it was a just yes. Rav disagrees since Rav said, when I tell my family to give a gift to somebody, I never change my mind. A baraita disagrees with Rav: “ Where did they say that movables are acquired by being drawn close? In the public domain or in a courtyard which is not their joint property. In the domain of the buyer, when the deal was accepted; in the domain of the seller one never acquires until either he lift it up or he draw and remove everything from the prior owner’s property. In the domain of a depositary he cannot acquire unless he gave permission or rented their place out to him.” What does Rav do with this? One is if he was standing with him, the other if he was not standing with him. Rav disagrees since Rav said, when I tell my family to give a gift to somebody, I never change my mind. You should know because somebody had given surety on salt; it rose in price. He came before Rav who said, either he should give corresponding to the surety or he should be given up to “Him who made pay”. The arguments of Rav are contradictory. There he says, when I tell my family to give a gift to somebody, I never change my mind and here he says so? There it is for a legal rule; what Rav did himself was a measure of piety.

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חֲמִשָּׁה קִנְיָנִים קָנָה לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְעוֹלָמוֹ, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן, תּוֹרָה קִנְיָן אֶחָד, שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד, אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד, יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד, בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד. תּוֹרָה מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (משלי ח), ה' קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז. שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (ישעיה סו), כֹּה אָמַר ה' הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּסְאִי וְהָאָרֶץ הֲדֹם רַגְלָי אֵי זֶה בַיִת אֲשֶׁר תִּבְנוּ לִי וְאֵי זֶה מָקוֹם מְנוּחָתִי, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים קד) מָה רַבּוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ ה' כֻּלָּם בְּחָכְמָה עָשִׂיתָ מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ קִנְיָנֶךָ. אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (בראשית יד), וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמַר בָּרוּךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ. יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ ה' עַד יַעֲבֹר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים טז) לִקְדוֹשִׁים אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה וְאַדִּירֵי כָּל חֶפְצִי בָם. בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ ה' מִקְּדָשׁ ה' כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ. וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים עח) וַיְבִיאֵם אֶל גְּבוּל קָדְשׁוֹ הַר זֶה קָנְתָה יְמִינוֹ:

Five possessions did the Holy Blessed One, set aside as his own in this world, and these are they: The Torah, one possession; Heaven and earth, another possession; Abraham, another possession; Israel, another possession; The Temple, another possession. 1a) The Torah is one possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written, “The Lord possessed (usually translated as ‘created’) me at the beginning of his course, at the first of His works of old” (Proverbs 8:22). 2a) Heaven and earth, another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “Thus said the Lord: The heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool; Where could you build a house for Me, What place could serve as My abode? (Isaiah 66:1) And it says: “How many are the things You have made, O Lord; You have made them all with wisdom; the earth is full of Your possessions” (Psalms 104:24). 3a) Abraham is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “He blessed him, saying, “Blessed by Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth” (Genesis 15:19). 4a) Israel is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “Till Your people cross over, O Lord, Till Your people whom You have possessed” (Exodus 15:16). And it says: “As to the holy and mighty ones that are in the land, my whole desire (possession) is in them” (Psalms 16:3). 5a) The Temple is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “The sanctuary, O lord, which your hands have established” (Exodus 15:17”, And it says: “And He brought them to His holy realm, to the mountain, which His right hand had possessed” (Psalms 78:54).

I like to call out to all my Jewish friends:

Zechariah 8:23

23So said the Lord of Hosts: In those days, when ten men of all the languages of the nations shall take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."		כגכֹּֽה־אָמַר֘ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔מָּה אֲשֶׁ֚ר יַֽחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל לְשֹׁנ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְֽהֶחֱזִ֡יקוּ בִּכְנַף֩ אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדִ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר נֵֽלְכָה֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם כִּ֥י שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים עִמָּכֶֽם:
ten men: from the seventy nations. This equals seven hundred for each corner. For the four corners of the tallith there will be two thousand and eight hundred.		עשרה אנשים: משבעים לשון הרי שבע מאות לכל כנף וכנף הרי לד' כנפי הטלית אלפים ושמונ' מאו':

Please Judah if a righteous gentile tries ‘to grasp your ‘tsi-sit’ and say: "Let me go with you, for I have heard that God is with you." Open your heart for him/her and share all our Torah. The Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu as it is written and spared and is teaches in the Tanach and all scripture of Rabbinical Judaism………

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