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ha! It may be in the Bible, but Jubilee was never celebrated, not even once.


Whether or not it happened exactly as described within the Torah/Bible, we have plenty of records to indicate ancient societies regularly overturned debts.

... Unless you're making a joke that it happened but was not "celebrated" because most people didn't like it.


> Jubilee was never celebrated

Ancient societies of all stripes had periodic debt forgiveness. Ancient (pre-Christian) Rome, for example.


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