1)

Which Chukim and Mishpatim is the Torah referring to?

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Ramban, R. Bachye, Seforno and Moshav Zekenim: 'Chukim' pertains to the Chukim of Sh'mitah and Yovel, and 'Mishpatim', to the Dinim of buying and selling (retracting the sales and returning the Avadim ? R. Bachye) that are connected with it ? all of which have been discussed in the current Parshah.

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Oznayim la'Torah: 'Chukim' pertains to the prohibition against tilling the land in Sh'mitah and Yovel ? which are Bein Adam la'Makom, and 'Mishpatim', to declaring Hefker one's fields and vineyards in the Sh'mitah and the Yovel, leaving the land fallow and releasing one's Avadim Ivrim ? which are Bein Adam la'Chavero. 1

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See Oznayim la'Torah who elaborates..

2)

Why does the Torah insert the phrase "Viyeshavtem al ha'Aretz la'Vetach" here?

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Rashi and Seforno: Because it is due to the sin of Sh'mitah that Yisrael are exiled from the land. 1

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Rashi and Seforno: As the Torah specifically writes 26:34 & 43. Indeed, the seventy years of Galus Bavel were a punishment for the seventy Sh'mitah-years that they they did not observe.

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