וקדשתם את שנת החמשים. בעבודת הארץ וכל יושביה: AND YE SHALL HALLOW THE FIFTIETH YEAR. All the inhabitants with regard to working the land.63Hallowing in our context means abstaining from working the land.
דרור. ידועה שהוא כמו חפשי וכדרור לעוף עוף קטן מנגן כשהוא ברשותו ואם הוא ברשות אדם לא יאכל עד שימות: LIBERTY. The meaning of the word deror is known. It means liberty. As the flying swallow (deror) (Prov. 26:2) refers to a small bird that produces music when it is free.64I.E. renders Prov. 26:2 as the flying free bird. However, if it is taken captive it refuses to eat and starves to death.
יובל. כמו שלוח וחז״ל אמרו שפירוש יובל כבש והראיה שופרות היובלים ונקראה השנה בשם השופר: JUBILEE. The word yovel (Jubilee) means sent.65The Jubilee is the year when people are set free. The sages, of blessed memory, said that the meaning of yovel is a lamb. Shoferot ha-yovelim (rams’ horns) (Josh. 6:4) is proof of the latter. The year66Of Jubilee. is called by the name of the shofar.67The year is called “the ram’s horn,” i.e., the year in which the ram’s horn is sounded.
וטעם תהיה לכם. לישראל לבדם: [BE UNTO YOU.] To the Israelites alone.
ושבתם איש אל אחזתו. כאשר יפרש כי בשנת היובל תשוב הארץ הנמכרת לבעליה: AND YE SHALL RETURN EVERY MAN UNTO HIS POSSESSION. As Scripture goes on to explain,68In verses 14-16. in the year of Jubilee the land that is sold shall return to its owners.69And ye shall return every man unto his possession means that each person shall regain the land that he sold.
ואיש אל משפחתו. העבד הנמכר לישראל: AND YE SHALL RETURN EVERY MAN UNTO HIS FAMILY. The servant70The reference is to a Hebrew servant. sold to an Israelite.71Every man means every servant.