Derasha 1 on Behar 25:23

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 25:23

The Complete Passuk

וְהָאָ֗רֶץ לֹ֤א תִמָּכֵר֙ לִצְמִתֻ֔ת כִּי־לִ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־גֵרִ֧ים וְתוֹשָׁבִ֛ים אַתֶּ֖ם עִמָּדִֽי׃

Torah Temimah cites Sifra (Torat Kohanim).

Core Text — Sifra

וְהָאָרֶץ לֹא תִמָּכֵר לִצְמִתֻת. לְעוֹלָם.

English: “And the land shall not be sold permanently.” Forever.

Classical derasha (Sifra).

Ancestral land may never be sold in perpetuity; it always reverts at Yovel.