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teach Am Yisrael that their entire claim to inheriting Eretz Yisrael is only
because they accepted the Torah at Har Sinai. If they observe the Torah,
they are worthy of settling the Land. However, if they do not heed the
Torah, they are exiled from it.
In addition, the mitzvah of shemittah strengthens one’s emunah, since a
person becomes totally dependent upon Hashem’s compassion. This is
similar to the emunah experienced at the time that Am Yisrael stood at
the foot of Har Sinai and clearly saw the Shechinah of Hashem.
“Hashem spoke to Moshe on Mount Sinai,
saying: Speak to the Children of Israel and say
to them: When you come into the land that I
give you, the land shall observe a Sabbath rest
for Hashem”
(Vayikra 25:1-2)
