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<p>The produce from the sixth year would last the nation for three full years.&#160; This position divides regarding the situation spoken of in the verses:</p>
 
<opinion>Shemittah Followed by Yovel
 
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<p>The verses speak of the Jubilee Year.&#160; In such a case, there are two consecutive years in which sowing is prohibited, and so Hashem promises that the food from the sixth year will sustain the people for the second half of the sixth year, the seventh and eighth years, and the first part of the ninth year.</p>
 
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<opinion>Shemittah Starts in Nissan
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<opinion>Every Shemittah&#160;
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<p>The verses speak of every shemittah year.&#160; Since the Shemittah cylce begins in Nissan</p>
 
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<category>Parts of Three Years
 
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<p>The crops planted in the beginning of the sixth year sufficed to feed the nation during the second half of the sixth year, the entire seventh year, and through the first half of the eighth year.</p>
 
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<category>Two Plus One
 
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Version as of 00:02, 17 May 2016

Pre-Shemittah Blessing of the Produce

Exegetical Approaches

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Three Full Years

The produce from the sixth year would last the nation for three full years.  This position divides regarding the situation spoken of in the verses:

Shemittah Followed by Yovel

The verses speak of the Jubilee Year.  In such a case, there are two consecutive years in which sowing is prohibited, and so Hashem promises that the food from the sixth year will sustain the people for the second half of the sixth year, the seventh and eighth years, and the first part of the ninth year.

Every Shemittah 

The verses speak of every shemittah year.  Since the Shemittah cylce begins in Nissan

Parts of Three Years

The crops planted in the beginning of the sixth year sufficed to feed the nation during the second half of the sixth year, the entire seventh year, and through the first half of the eighth year.

Two Plus One