overplus

noun

«overplus» 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 the law of the Jubilee, a man who sold his land and later has the money to redeem it pays back only for the years remaining, and gets back the surplus.

Interpretation. The law is read as protecting a family's ancestral land, since land is never sold forever and returns at the Jubilee.

Meaning

The extra amount left over, the surplus. tree →

Examples

then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession. (Torah LEV.25.27, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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