The Lived Mishnah · A Zeman Nakat Project
שְׁבִיעִית
Introduction to the Mesechta
Mesechta Sheviis
מַסֶּכֶת שְׁבִיעִית
The seventh year — when the land of Eretz Yisrael keeps a Shabbos.
The Torah, in two places
מִשְׁפָּטִים
a brief mention
בְּהַר
the fuller account
The three aspects of Shemittah
א
שְׁבִיתַת הָאָרֶץ
The land rests · produce is hefker
ב
קְדֻשַּׁת הַפֵּירוֹת
The fruit is holy · don't waste or trade
ג
שְׁמִיטַּת כְּסָפִים
Debts released · Hillel's pruzbul
Why Shemittah
כִּי לַה' הָאָרֶץ
The land — and all it brings forth — are His.
Shemittah through the ages
Ezra
the pledge
332 BCE
Alexander
163 BCE
Maccabees
37 BCE
Herod
42 CE
Agrippa
131 CE
Bar Kochba
430 CE
tombstones
~700 years of a kept Shemittah.
What we will learn
The Land
The Produce
The Money
Four questions to carry with you
When?
timing & scope
What work?
permitted vs. not
To what?
which produce
Where?
the borders
The journey of Sheviis
Land
→
Produce
→
Money