Our parashah tells about the mitzvah of Shmita: \u00bbFor six years you shall plant your fields, gather your vineyards, and harvest your produce, but the seventh year is Shabbat\u2026 plow the land.\u201d.<\/p>\n
If we have already been given the mitzvah of Shabbat, a special day of rest, why does the Torah give us an additional mitzvah of rest: is one day a week not enough?<\/p>\n
Shabbat and Shmita seem similar. Both mean to stop working and rest from our ordinary work.<\/p>\n
When a Jew stops working on Shabbat, he spends his time praying, studying, singing, eating, and thinking about why HaShem sent his nesham\u00e1<\/i> \u2013 soul \u2013 to this world. During the week we are very busy. Snabat doesn't give extra time to think about holy things.<\/p>\n
But when Shabbat is over, we return to our weekly activities. Then HaShem gives us a whole year to spend more time studying Torah and reflecting on what HaShem wants us to do. That year strengthens us.<\/p>\n
It works in two ways. On one hand, the six days of the week are a preparation for Shabbat, and the six years of ordinary work are a preparation for the Shmita year. On the other hand, Shabbat and Shmita prepare us for the days and years that follow, and show us how we can make this world a better place.<\/p>\n
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