Commentary for Chullin 13:18

אמר ליה ר' ירמיה לרבי זירא

They therefore did not annex these cities in order that the poor might have sustenance therefrom in the Seventh Year.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The law of the Seventh Year did not apply to land outside Palestine; therefore, certain towns near the boundary of Palestine were purposely not included in the re-consecration of the land so that these might be cultivated even in the seventh year.');">⁸</span>

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