§ The mishna teaches: The first of Tishrei is also the New Year for Jubilee Years. The Gemara asks: Is the New Year for Jubilee Years on the first of Tishrei? Isn’t the New Year for Jubilee Years on the tenth of Tishrei, Yom Kippur? As it is written: “Then shall you cause the shofar to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, on Yom Kippur shall you sound the shofar throughout all your land. And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants; it shall be a Jubilee for you” (Leviticus 25:9–10). The Gemara answers: In accordance with whose opinion is this mishna? It is the opinion of Rabbi Yishmael, son of Rabbi Yoḥanan ben Beroka, as it is taught in a baraita: What is the meaning when the verse states: “And you shall hallow the fiftieth year”? Since it is stated that the shofar is blown “on Yom Kippur,” one might have thought that the year is sanctified only from Yom Kippur and onward. Therefore, the verse states: “And you shall hallow the fiftieth year,” which teaches that the year is sanctified from its beginning onward, from the first of Tishrei, when the year begins. From here, Rabbi Yishmael, son of Rabbi Yoḥanan ben Beroka, said: From Rosh HaShana until Yom Kippur of the Jubilee Year, Hebrew slaves were not released to their homes because the shofar had not yet been sounded. And they were also not enslaved to their masters, as the Jubilee Year had already begun. Rather, they would eat, drink, and rejoice, and they would wear their crowns on their heads like free people. Once Yom Kippur arrived, the court would sound the shofar, slaves would be released to their houses, and fields that were sold would be returned to their original owners.
Mishnah inafundisha: Siku ya kwanza ya Tishrei pia ni Mwaka Mpya kwa Miaka ya Yubile. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika kitabu cha Gemara, ""Mwaka Mpya wa miaka ya Yubile"" ni tarehe 1 Tishri." Je, si Mwaka Mpya wa Miaka ya Yubile siku ya kumi ya Tishrei, Yom Kippur? "Kama ilivyoandikwa: ""Utapiga tarumbeta siku ya kumi ya mwezi wa saba, siku ya Yom Kippur, utapiga tarumbeta katika nchi yako yote." 10 Na mwaka wa hamsini mtatakasa, na kuitangaza uhuru katika nchi yote kwa wakazi wake wote; itakuwa mwaka wa sherehe kwenu. Gemara ajibu: Kulingana na maoni ya nani mishna hii ni? "Rabi Yishmael, mwana wa Rabi Yohanani ben Bereka, aliuliza: ""Je, ni nini maana ya aya hii: ""Na utatakasa mwaka wa hamsini?""" Kwa kuwa imetajwa kwamba shofar hupigwa <unk>siku ya Yom Kippur,<unk> mtu angeweza kufikiri kwamba mwaka hutakaswa tu kuanzia Yom Kippur na kuendelea. "Kwa hiyo, mstari huo unasema: ""Na mwaka wa hamsini mtakutakasa,"" ambao unafundisha kwamba mwaka ni mtakatifu tangu mwanzo wake na kuendelea, kuanzia tarehe 1 Tishri, wakati mwaka unaanza." "Rabi Yishmaeli, mwana wa Rabi Yochanan ben Bereka, alisema hivi: ""Kuanzia Rosh Hashanah hadi Yom Kippur ya mwaka wa Yubile, watumwa wa Kiebrania hawakuachiliwa kwenda nyumbani kwao kwa sababu shoka halikuwa limepigwa." Wala hawakuwa watumwa wa mabwana wao, kwa kuwa mwaka wa Yubile ulikuwa tayari umeanza. Badala yake, wangekula, wangekunywa, na kufurahi, na wangevaa taji zao kichwani mwao kama watu huru. Siku ya Yom Kippur ilipofika, mahakama ilipiga kengele, watumwa walifunguliwa na kurudi nyumbani, na mashamba yaliyouzwa yalirudishwa kwa wamiliki wake wa awali.