Derasha 4 on Behar 25:12

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 25:12

The Complete Passuk

כִּ֚י יוֹבֵ֣ל הִ֔וא קֹ֖דֶשׁ תִּהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם מִ֨ן־הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה תֹּאכְל֖וּ אֶת־תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sukkah 40b.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sukkah 40b
קֹדֶשׁ תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם. תַּנְיָא, הַשְּׁבִיעִית תּוֹפֶסֶת דָּמֶיהָ, מַאי טַעְמָא — דִּכְתִיב כִּי יוֹבֵל הִוא קֹדֶשׁ תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם, מַה קֹּדֶשׁ תּוֹפֵס דָּמָיו אַף שְׁבִיעִית תּוֹפֶסֶת דָּמֶיהָ.

English: “It shall be holy for you.” It was taught: Shevi’is seizes its value. What is the reason? Because it is written “for it is a Yovel, it shall be holy for you”: just as hekdesh seizes its value, so Shevi’is seizes its value.

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Bavli Sukkah).

What Is Learned

Shemittah produce transfers its sanctity to the redemption money (like hekdesh), yet the produce itself remains forbidden.