Not to work the land during the seventh year

Faith – אֱמוּנָה

• Sefer HaChinuch (Mitzvah 112) teaches that ceasing agricultural work builds trust in Hashem’s providence — livelihood flows from His blessing even when fields lie idle.

Holiness – קְדֻשָּׁה

• Rashi (Leviticus 25:4) highlights “Shabbat Shabbaton… Shabbat laHashem,” showing that refraining from labor sanctifies both the year and the land to Hashem.

Agriculture – חַקְלָאוּת

• Talmud (Moed Katan 3a; see also Mishnah Shevi’it 1:1) derives and catalogs the agricultural melachot forbidden in Shemitah, embedding farming itself within halachic discipline.

Eretz Yisrael – אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל

• Kiddushin 37a establishes that Shemitah obligations are land-dependent and essentially tied to Eretz Yisrael’s sanctity.

Shemitah – שְׁמִטָּה

• Rambam (Hilchot Shemitah V’Yovel 1:1–3) and Sefer HaChinuch (Mitzvah 112) frame these prohibitions (no sowing, planting, pruning, etc.) as the core fence that makes the land’s seventh-year “Shabbat for Hashem” a lived reality.

Reverence – יִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם

• Rambam (Hilchot Shemitah V’Yovel 1:9) underscores that abstaining from productive labor — even when counterintuitive — expresses awe and submission to the Divine command of “Shabbat for Hashem.”

Justice – צֶדֶק

• By halting cultivation that advantages private holders, the prohibition upholds the year’s social reset; together with 279’s hefker regime (Exodus 23:11), it protects equitable access to produce (Sifra to Behar on Leviticus 25).

Community – קְהִלָּה

• Mishnah Shevi’it (esp. chs. 1–4, 9–10) shows how Shemitah norms (work cessation, bi’ur schedules) are coordinated at the communal level, fostering shared practice and mutual responsibility.

Bein Adam L’Makom – בֵּין אָדָם לְמָקוֹם

• Leviticus 25:4 calls the year “a Sabbath for Hashem,” making the prohibition a direct act of obedience that centers Divine sovereignty over the land.

Bein Adam L’Chavero – בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ

• While 280 focuses on refraining from labor, it practically enables the interpersonal outcomes of Shemitah (equal access, reduced exploitation) articulated alongside 279 (Exodus 23:11; Rambam, Shemitah V’Yovel 4).