The Aruban flag has a rich symbolism in the use of the images and the colors in it. The red star on the Aruba Flag represents the four points of the compass that in turn is symbolic of the people of various nationalities who have come and settled in Aruba. The white border around the star represents the sandy stretches that surround Aruba on all sides.
The Laws of âShmitaâ (The Sabbatical Year) in the Eyes of our Sages. Related: The year of Shmita, the Sabbatical Year for the Land of Israel, began on September 25, 2014. Rabbi Ari Enkin offers some insight into the topic from our holy sages. As a general rule, the Torah does not spell out the reasons for the various mitzvot (commandments).
The Lord told Moses to begin counting sabbath years and the jubilee cycle when they entered the promised land (Lev. 25), which suggests beginning the count immediately at that time. The jubilee is the fiftieth year after the cycle begins, but the cycle only has seven sets of seven years, or 49 years. Thus, the 50th year of the cycle is the same as the first year of the cycle. That and several other events indicate that they indeed entered the promised land in a jubilee year. The year 2009 marks 70 sets of 49-year jubilee cycles since 1422 BC.