It is fitting that the laws that follow the Sabbatical and Jubilee years, deal with the subject of אונאה. In spoken Hebrew, this is the word used for “fraud.” The Torah uses it as a form of mistreatment of another Jew.

There are two categories of אונאה. One deals with money matters and one deals with words. The wording of the Torah both times is, “לא תונו,״ do not mistreat.

In........

© The Times of Israel (Blogs)