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What is a jubilee?

March 10, 2025
By Father James Goodwin
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025

The roots of a jubilee year are found in Scripture. As described in Leviticus 25, every 50th year was to be celebrated as a jubilee year in which all debt was forgiven, slaves were freed and their ancestral lands could be reclaimed.

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