“And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,”
Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year will be food for you — for yourself, your male and female servants, and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among you. The spontaneous growth of the sabbatical year is not wasted but available for consumption: the household (owner, servants, workers) and the resident foreigners can eat from what grows. The equitable access to the sabbatical year's spontaneous growth — owner and servant eating the same uncultivated food — communicates the leveling character of the sabbatical year: the social distinctions of ordinary agriculture are suspended for a year of equal access.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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