Leviticus 25: Price of Tea in China

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Feb 5, 2026 · 3m

“Hashem spoke to Moses on Mt. Sinai saying: Speak to the Israelite people and say to them: When you enter the land that I assign to you, the land shall observe a sabbath of God” (verses 1-2). וַיְדַבֵּר ה׳ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּהַר סִינַי לֵאמֹר׃ דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם כִּי תָבֹאוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נֹתֵן לָכֶם וְשָׁבְתָה הָאָרֶץ שַׁבָּת לַה׳. Rashi famously asks- what is the connection between Smita and Har Sinai? This question has turned into the Jewish version of the maxim “what does this have to do with the price of tea in China?” Rashi answers that just as this…