abatement

noun

«abatement» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

In Leviticus it means the cut in the price of a field that was dedicated to the sanctuary, when it is valued after the jubilee year.

Interpretation. The law ties the price of a dedicated field to the years left until the jubilee, when land returns to its family.

A lowering or reduction of an amount, such as a price or a payment. tree →

But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of jubilee, and an abatement shall be made from thy valuation. (Torah LEV.27.18, JPS 1917) tree →

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