Why Is Shemitta Not Only a Break from Work, but a Way to Give Meaning to All the Years of Work?
How can a period of stopping and reflection give direction to years of activity?
This Hagut Yosef essay compares Shemitta to Shabbat: the sacred pause is not merely recovery from labor, but a point that gives orientation to the years around it. The source presents the seventh year as time to remember purpose, faith, and the limits of human control. Agronomic claims mentioned in the source are not used as the reason for the mitzvah in this localized layer.