Derasha 5 on Behar 25:10

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 25:10

The Complete Passuk

וְקִדַּשְׁתֶּ֗ם אֵ֣ת שְׁנַ֤ת הַחֲמִשִּׁים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּקְרָאתֶ֥ם דְּר֛וֹר בָּאָ֖רֶץ לְכׇל־יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ יוֹבֵ֥ל הִוא֙ תִּהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם וְשַׁבְתֶּ֗ם אִ֚ישׁ אֶל־אֲחֻזָּת֔וֹ וְאִ֥ישׁ אֶל־מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ תָּשֻֽׁבוּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Kiddushin 15a.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Kiddushin 15a
יוֹבֵל הִוא. תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר יוֹבֵל הִוא, לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַנִּרְצָע שֶׁיּוֹצֵא בְּיוֹבֵל.

English: “It is a Yovel.” It was taught: Rabbi Yehudah says: Why does the verse say “it is a Yovel”? To include the nirtza who goes free at Yovel.

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Bavli Kiddushin).

What Is Learned

The extra phrase “it is a Yovel” includes the nirtza slave among those who go free at Yovel.