Derasha 1 on Behar 25:04

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 25:04

The Complete Passuk

וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗ת שַׁבַּ֤ת שַׁבָּתוֹן֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָאָ֔רֶץ שַׁבָּ֖ת לַיהֹוָ֑ה שָֽׂדְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔ע וְכַרְמְךָ֖ לֹ֥א תִזְמֹֽר׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Rosh Hashanah 8b.

E-Daf.com — Tsurras Hadaf
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Rosh Hashanah 8b
וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית. תַּנְיָא, בְּאֶחָד בְּתִשְׁרֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לִשְׁמִטִּין, דִּכְתִיב וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן יִהְיֶה לָאָרֶץ, וְגָמַר שָׁנָה שָׁנָה מֵרֵאשִׁית הַשָּׁנָה, מַה הָתָם מִתִּשְׁרֵי אַף הָכָא מִתִּשְׁרֵי.

English: “And in the seventh year.” It was taught: On the first of Tishrei is Rosh Hashanah for Shemittah years, as it is written “and in the seventh year a Sabbath of complete rest shall be for the land,” and we learn “year” from “from the beginning of the year”: just as there [it begins] from Tishrei, so here from Tishrei.

Type of Learning

Gezeirah shavah — “year / year” from “from the beginning of the year.”

What Is Learned

The first of Tishrei is Rosh Hashanah for the counting of Shemittah years.