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The Talmud objects: This works out well according to the Rabbis, who say that the 50th year is not included in the counting of the cycle of Sabbatical Years. It was therefore necessary to count the Jubilee Year. But according to R' Yehuda, who says that the 50th year is counted for here and for ther
The Talmud asks: And did they not count Sabbatical Years and Jubilee Years once the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh were exiled? But isn’t it written that Jeremiah, who lived many years later, said: “At the end of 7 years you shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebre
The Talmud continues: And we discussed this verse: Why does it state: “At the end of 7 years you shall let go every man”? But isn’t it written in the same verse: “And has served you 6 years”? And Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak says: The verse is referring to two separate individuals. The phrase “and has se
The Talmud answers: That verse was not stated by Jeremiah in the form of a command; rather, it is written in the form of reproof. That is, the prophet Jeremiah is saying to the Jewish people: Did you send free the pierced slaves when the Jubilee Year was observed? The Talmud asks: But isn’t it writ
Rather, R' Yoḥanan says: Indeed, the Jubilee Year was not in effect once the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh were exiled. But Jeremiah brought back all the exiled tribes, and Josiah, son of Amon, ruled over them. And from where do we derive that Jeremiah brought them back? As