Derasha 3 on Behar 25:08

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 25:08

The Complete Passuk

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

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sifra (Torat Kohanim).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
וְהָיוּ לְךָ. תַּנְיָא, מִנַּיִן שֶׁיִּסְפֹּר לִשְׁנֵי שָׁבוּעַ, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְהָיוּ לְךָ יְמֵי שֶׁבַע שַׁבְּתֹת הַשָּׁנִים; וּמִנַּיִן שֶׁיִּסְפֹּר לִשְׁנֵי יוֹבֵל, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְהָיוּ לְךָ תֵּשַׁע וְאַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה.

English: “And they shall be for you.” It was taught: From where do we know that one must count the years of the shevu’a? The verse says “and they shall be for you the days of the seven Sabbaths of years.” And from where do we know that one must count the years of the Yovel? The verse says “and they shall be for you forty-nine years.”

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Sifra).

What Is Learned

One must count both the seven-year cycles and the forty-nine years leading to the Yovel.