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And the Rabbis, who do not require an additional verse to derive that the Jubilee Year does not extend until Yom Kippur of the 50-first year, derive this halakha from the verse: You count the 50th year as the Jubilee Year alone, but you do not count the 50th year as the Jubilee Year and also as the
§ Apropos of the discussion of extending the Jubilee year, the Talmud asks: From where do we derive the principle that one extends a sanctified time period by adding from the profane to the sacred at both ends?
As it is taught in a baraita: The verse states: “In plowing and in harvest you shall rest” (Exodus 34:21). R' Akiva says: It is unnecessary to state this about plowing and harvesting during the Sabbatical Year, as it is already stated: “But in the 7th year shall be a Shabbat of solemn rest for the
The baraita continues: R' Yishmael says that the verse: “In plowing and in harvest you shall rest,” is not referring to the prohibition against farming the land before and after the Sabbatical Year as R' Akiva explains. He explains that the reason that the verse mentions these two particular forms o
The Talmud asks: If so, from where does R' Yishmael derive this principle that one extends a sacred time period by adding from the profane to the sacred both before and after? The Talmud answers: He derives it from that which is taught in a baraita: The verse states, in reference to Yom Kippur: “And