Derasha 1 on Behar 25:11

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 25:11

The Complete Passuk

יוֹבֵ֣ל הִ֗וא שְׁנַ֛ת הַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה תִּהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔עוּ וְלֹ֤א תִקְצְרוּ֙ אֶת־סְפִיחֶ֔יהָ וְלֹ֥א תִבְצְר֖וּ אֶת־נְזִרֶֽיהָ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Rosh Hashanah 9a.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Rosh Hashanah 9a
יוֹבֵל הִוא שְׁנַת הַחֲמִשִּׁים. שְׁנַת חֲמִשִּׁים אַתָּה מוֹנֶה וְאִי אַתָּה מוֹנֶה שְׁנַת חֲמִשִּׁים וְאַחַת; מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ, יוֹבֵל אֵינוֹ עוֹלֶה לְמִנְיַן שָׁבוּעַ.

English: “It is a Yovel, the fiftieth year.” You count the fiftieth year and you do not count a fifty-first year; from here they said: the Yovel does not count toward the number of the shevu’a.

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Bavli Rosh Hashanah).

What Is Learned

One counts the fiftieth year as the Yovel itself; the Yovel year is not included in the count of the next seven-year cycle.