Derasha 2 — Behar 25:08 | Yerushalmi Rosh Hashanah

וְסָפַרְתָּ֣ לְךָ֗ שֶׁ֚בַע שַׁבְּתֹ֣ת שָׁנִ֔ים שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֑ים וְהָי֣וּ לְךָ֗ יְמֵי֙ שֶׁ֚בַע שַׁבְּתֹ֣ת הַשָּׁנִ֔ים תֵּ֥שַׁע וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָֽה׃

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Core Text — Yerushalmi Rosh Hashanah 1:2

שֶׁבַע שַׁבְּתֹת שָׁנִים. בְּאֶחָד בְּתִשְׁרֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְיוֹבְלוֹת, מִנַּלָּן — דִּכְתִיב וְסָפַרְתָּ לְךָ שֶׁבַע שַׁבְּתֹת שָׁנִים, מַה שָּׁנִים וּשְׁמִטִּין מִתִּשְׁרֵי מָנֵינַן אַף יוֹבְלוֹת מִתִּשְׁרֵי מָנֵינַן.

English: “Seven Sabbaths of years.” On the first of Tishrei is Rosh Hashanah for Yovels. From where do we know? Because it is written “and you shall count for yourself seven Sabbaths of years”: just as years and Shemittah years are counted from Tishrei, so Yovels are counted from Tishrei.

What Is Learned

The first of Tishrei is also Rosh Hashanah for Yovel years, parallel to the counting of ordinary years and Shemittah years.

Derasha 2 on Behar 25:08

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