The opening pasuk of Behar singles out that the mitzvah of Shmittah – and all of its details – was relayed to Moshe at Har Sinai. Though this was true of all mitzvos, Shmittah has one difference to it. Whilst the full details of other mitzvos were told to Moshe on Har Sinai and later fully relayed to the people from the Ohel Mo’ed, in the case of Shmittah the entire mitzvah was told at Har Sinai. Why is Shmittah different?
One answer is that Shmittah is an intensive bitachon-course. In leaving one’s field fallow for a whole year at HaShem’s Command, one shows utter and complete reliance upon HaShem and recognition of Him as the ultimate Provider of everything. [And this mitzvah is the longest mitzvah we have]. Thus, after experiencing the high-voltage inspiration and one-off revelation of HaShem at Har Sinai, we were told this mitzvah of Shmittah to pin down and concretise our newfound level of emunah and bitachon.
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