Mitzvah #292 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not reap in the normal manner that which grows wild in the fiftieth year“
Scripture Reference: LEV 25:11 (Torah Portion (Parashah): B'har)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
You shall have the fiftieth year as a jubilee; you shall not sow, nor reap its aftergrowth, nor gather in from its untrimmed vines.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יוֹבֵל הִוא שְׁנַת הַחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם לֹא תִזְרָעוּ וְלֹא תִקְצְרוּ אֶת־סְפִיחֶיהָ וְלֹא תִבְצְרוּ אֶת־נְזִרֶיהָ׃
Greek Text (Septuagint)
ἀφέσεως σημασία αὕτη τὸ ἔτος τὸ πεντηκοστὸν ἐνιαυτὸς ἔσται ὑμῖν οὐ σπερεῖτε οὐδὲ ἀμήσετε τὰ αὐτόματα ἀναβαίνοντα αὐτῆς καὶ οὐ τρυγήσετε τὰ ἡγιασμένα αὐτῆς
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) B'har
Sefer HaChinuch Number #334
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Seeds (Buch 7)
Section: The Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Systematic Category (P119f) Shemittah and Yovel