ראשוןRishon
G-d commands the Israelites to observe the Shemitah year, when the land must rest every seventh year. After seven cycles of seven years, the Jubilee year is proclaimed, when servants are freed and land returns to its original owners.
שניSheni
The Torah commands honest business practices and requires land prices to reflect the number of years remaining until the Jubilee. It also prohibits taking advantage of or misleading another person.
שלישיShlishi
G-d promises that the sixth year’s harvest will be abundant enough to provide food through the following years. The Torah explains that land cannot be sold permanently because the Land belongs to G-d.
רביעיRevi'i
A person who sells land may redeem it after two years by repaying the buyer according to the number of years remaining until the Jubilee. A relative may also redeem the land on the owner’s behalf.
חמישיChamishi
The Torah gives different rules for homes in walled cities and for property belonging to the Levites. It also commands helping people who are becoming poor and prohibits charging interest on loans to fellow Jews.
שישיShishi
The Torah commands that Jewish servants be treated with respect and not subjected to harsh or degrading labor. Their service is regulated differently from that of permanent servants.
שביעיShvi'i
The Torah describes how a Jew sold to a non-Jewish master can be redeemed by himself or a relative before the Jubilee, when he is freed. The portion concludes by prohibiting idolatry and commanding observance of Shabbat and reverence for the Sanctuary.