Why is the Mitzvah of Shmita (the Sabbatical year) the prototype for all other Mitzvoth?
Rav Shlomo Katz shares a brilliant insight from the Lubavitcher Rebbe regarding the connection between Mount Sinai and Shmita. We learn that true Faith (Emuna) is not just leaving the world (the 7th year), but knowing how to live within the world (the 6 years) while recognizing it is all a miracle. Rav Shlomo explains that the cycle of Shmita teaches us to engage in the natural world without becoming enslaved by it.
Whether it is a farmer letting go of his land or a businessman turning off his phone for Shabbat, this episode is a guide to mastering the art of being "in the world but not of it"—sanctifying the mundane six years so that the seventh year is a natural elevation.
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