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Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #135 of 613

To refrain from agricultural work [in the seventh year]

לשבות מעבודת הארץ

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The verse · Shemot 34:21

שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תַּעֲבֹד וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי תִּשְׁבֹּת בֶּחָרִישׁ וּבַקָּצִיר תִּשְׁבֹּת

“Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in plowing and in harvest thou shalt rest.”

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The Rambam’s words

To refrain from agricultural work [in the seventh year], as [Exodus 34:21] states: "From plowing and harvesting, you shall rest."

לשבות מעבודת הארץ, שנאמר: "בחריש ובקציר, תשבות" (שמות לד,כא).

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee הלכות שמיטה ויובל

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