Sabbatical Year
A sabbatical year is a year of rest, usually the seventh year, like the shabbat, which is the seventh day of the week.
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... and Jerusalem Talmud interpreted the laws of the Sabbatical year in Exodus 2310–11, Leviticus 251–34, and Deuteronomy 151–18, and 3110–13 ... (in Exodus 2310–11 and Leviticus 253–5) to observe a Sabbatical year for the land ... in strength that fulfill His word,” speak of those who observe the Sabbatical year ...
... city-states in ancient Greece limited debt slavery to a period of five years and debt slaves had protection of life and limb, which regular slaves did not enjoy ... In the Torah, or Old Testament, every seventh year is decreed by Mosaic Law as a Sabbatical year wherein the release of all debts that are owed by members of the community is mandated, but not of "for ... The seventh Sabbatical year, or forty-ninth year, is then followed by another Sabbatical year known as the Year of Jubilee wherein the release of all debts is mandated ...
... Talmud interpreted the laws of the Sabbatical year in Exodus 2310–11, Leviticus 251–34, and Deuteronomy 151–18 and 3110–13 ... His word,” speak of those who observe the Sabbatical year ... to find one who does so for an entire year ...
... A sabbatical year is a year of rest, usually the seventh year, like the shabbat, which is the seventh day of the week ... The term may refer to the biblical concept of the shmita year the modern concept of an extended hiatus in work, a sabbatical year ...
... Exodus 211–11 (slavery) 2310–11 (Sabbatical year) Leviticus 2634–35 (Sabbatical year) ... Deuteronomy 151–6 (Sabbatical year) 1512–18 (Sabbatical year) 3110–13 (Sabbatical year) ... Ezekiel 712–13, 19 (economic equalization) 4617 (year of release) ...
Famous quotes containing the words year and/or sabbatical:
“The boys dressed themselves, hid their accoutrements, and went off grieving that there were no outlaws any more, and wondering what modern civilization could claim to have done to compensate for their loss. They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“In the past, it seemed to make sense for a sportswriter on sabbatical from the playpen to attend the quadrennial hawgkilling when Presidential candidates are chosen, to observe and report upon politicians at play. After all, national conventions are games of a sort, and sports offers few spectacles richer in low comedy.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)