{"id":71492,"date":"2020-03-10T14:07:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T12:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=71492"},"modified":"2020-03-10T14:07:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T12:07:21","slug":"rest-and-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/rest-and-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest And Release"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"71492","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":36277,"related_cahpter":"434","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"The permanent subjugation of one man to another is a denial of the message of the Exodus\r\n\r\n","content":"

In this chapter, while the Babylonians are ravaging the surroundings of Jerusalem, we learn more about why the city is to be destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n

God recalls to Jeremiah how King Zedekiah made a covenant with all the people of Jerusalem to release their Hebrew slaves. Everyone duly let their slaves go free. But then they had second thoughts and enslaved them once again.<\/span><\/p>\n

For not permanently releasing their Hebrew slaves, God warns, the people of Jerusalem will be \u201creleased to the sword, to pestilence and to famine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Why was this so bad? Why did hanging on to Hebrew slaves bring destruction upon the whole city?<\/span><\/p>\n

A fascinating passage in Ramban\u2019s commentary on the Torah (Exodus 21:2) explains why the Laws of Hebrew slaves open Parshat Mishpatim, showing how freeing slaves is an expression of the most fundamental Jewish principles.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe laws (of Parshat Mishpatim) begin with the Hebrew slave because the release of a slave in the seventh year is a reminder of the exodus from Egypt, which is mentioned in the first of the Ten Commandments. As it says (explaining the reason to free slaves,) “and you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today” (Devarim 15:15).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ramban explains that the birth of the Jewish people in God\u2019s act of liberation from Egypt entails the command to free slaves. The permanent subjugation of one man to another is a denial of the message of the Exodus.<\/span><\/p>\n

He continues: \u201cit serves also as a reminder of the creation like Shabbat, because the seventh year of the slave involves rest from working for his master, like the seventh day (of the week.)\u201d Freeing slaves enacts our recognition of God as Creator of the world. Just as we stop work and rest on Shabbat in acknowledgement of creation, so to ensuring the slaves stop work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This explains, Ramban says, invoking our chapter, why \u201cthe prophet was very severe about it, saying: “I made a covenant with your fathers\u2026 At the end of seven years, shall you release every man his manservant, and every man his maidservant (13-14), and decreeing exile on its account (17-22), just as the Torah decrees exile for [violation of] the sabbath of the land (Lev. 26:34-35).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This chapter then continues Jeremiah\u2019s litany against the trampling of economic freedom and dignity in Judah. Throughout the book, he has castigated the people for ignoring shabbat, violating shmita (the year of release) and now denying slaves their freedom. These are central among the reasons for the impending destruction.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":71493,"id":71493,"title":"jer34-end slavery","filename":"jer34-end-slavery.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/rest-and-release\/jer34-end-slavery\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer34-end-slavery","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":71492,"date":"2020-03-10 12:07:10","modified":"2022-05-14 21:10:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1310,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery-300x205.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":205,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery-768x524.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":524,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery-1024x699.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":699,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1048,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1310,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery-1200x819.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":819,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery-616x420.jpg","home_baner-width":616,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Rest And Release","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"The permanent subjugation of one man to another is a denial of the message of the Exodus","preview_embedded":"","preview_image":{"ID":71493,"id":71493,"title":"jer34-end slavery","filename":"jer34-end-slavery.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/rest-and-release\/jer34-end-slavery\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer34-end-slavery","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":71492,"date":"2020-03-10 12:07:10","modified":"2022-05-14 21:10:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1310,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery-300x205.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":205,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery-768x524.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":524,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery-1024x699.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":699,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1048,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1310,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery-1200x819.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":819,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer34-end-slavery-616x420.jpg","home_baner-width":616,"home_baner-height":420}},"preview_video":"","external_link":"","link_for_pay":false,"tile_gallery_items":false,"credits":""},"alternate_tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"","hide_media":false},"tile_group":{"preview_image_url":false,"main_caption":"","sub_caption":"","":null,"popup_package_extra_content":"","read_time":""},"home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo":{"seo_title":"","seo_description":"","seo_default_title":"","seo_default_description":""},"links":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71494,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71492\/revisions\/71494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}