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It is difficult to comprehend how Hashem could command a person to
abandon his fields in the seventh year. Moreover, in Yovel, the fields
which have previously been sold must be returned to their owners. It
seems that these are insurmountable challenges. Furthermore, a person
may incur a great financial loss. The Torah is generally concerned with
the money of Bnei Yisrael. For example, when giving ma’aser, there is a
specified amount of charity that one is commanded to give.

These questions can be resolved by contemplating an additional question
raised regarding the explanation of Rashi, that just as the general laws of
shemittah, including all their fine points, were stated at Sinai, so too, the
general rules and all the fine points of all the commandments were stated
at Sinai. We need to clarify why shemittah was specifically chosen over
all other mitzvot in order to teach us this lesson.
Shemittah teaches Bnei Yisrael that just as Hashem sustained and
provided for them and for their cattle in the Wilderness, likewise they
should trust that He will provide them with their livelihood during
shemittah, a year in which they abandon their fields.

Bnei Yisrael were able to fulfill the mitzvah of shemittah, despite the loss
of money, since they had already experienced Hashem’s supernatural
support during their sojourn in the Wilderness. Just as a person shuts his
business down on Shabbat without worrying about his loss of income, he