Derasha 3 on Behar 25:02

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 25:02

The Complete Passuk

דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כִּ֤י תָבֹ֙אוּ֙ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י נֹתֵ֣ן לָכֶ֑ם וְשָׁבְתָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ שַׁבָּ֖ת לַיהֹוָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Yerushalmi Peah 7:7.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Yerushalmi Peah 7:7
שַׁבָּת לַה'. תַּנְיָא, הַנּוֹטֵעַ כֶּרֶם לְהֶקְדֵּשׁ חַיָּב בַּשְּׁבִיעִית, מַאי טַעְמָא — דַּאֲמַר קְרָא וְשָׁבְתָה הָאָרֶץ שַׁבָּת לַה', דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא לַה' — שְׁבִיעִית חָלָה עָלָיו.

English: “A Sabbath to Hashem.” It was taught: One who plants a vineyard for hekdesh is obligated in Shevi’is. What is the reason? Because the verse says “and the land shall rest, a Sabbath to Hashem” — anything that belongs to Hashem, Shevi’is applies to it.

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Yerushalmi) — from the phrase “a Sabbath to Hashem.”

What Is Learned

A vineyard planted for hekdesh is nevertheless subject to the laws of Shevi’is, because the verse designates the rest as “to Hashem,” encompassing anything that belongs to Hashem.