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5 ‎[1] **Saying, “When will the month be delayed”**—This is the swallowing up. They anticipate the time that the grain will be expensive and will be sold to the poor with interest, and they will take their fields. **the month be delayed** Heb. יַעֲבֹר. *Jonathan* renders: When will the year be interpolated and [when] will the month of interpolation come? This is an expression of delay, like (Jer. 46:17) “Has allowed the appointed time to pass by (הֶעֱבִיר).” And because they delay the offering up of the Omer, and the year is extended, and the old grain becomes expensive.
‎[2] **and the Sabbatical Year, so that we will open grain**—When will the Sabbatical Year come, and the grain will become expensive, and we will open our storehouses of grain.
‎[3] **to make the ephah smaller** To sell for a smaller measure, and our money we will receive with a large shekel.
Version: The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
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