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At the urging of his wife Ilana, Doron Toweg let their eggplants die, costing them massive contracts, as they joined a growing movement to observe the biblical precept of shmita

Jamie Geller said educating and raising awareness about the biblical commandment shmita has been a mammoth task.

This Israeli farmer couple began taking seriously the practice of shmita, and have became spiritual guides sought out for blessings.

How does resting the land work in modern-day Israel where, even during the other six years, many farm families live hand to mouth?

Veteran askanim Rabbi Shia Markowitz and Rabbi Shmuel Bloom join forces for shemittah   Before Shia Markowitz, a decades-long communal activist whose stamp is on some of the most important communal initiatives in recent years, took over the international shemittah umbrella, he admits that he didn’t have much emotional connection to Eretz Yisrael. Today, joining forces with former Agudah executive Rabbi Shmuel Bloom, the two American askanim are working tirelessly so that the Holy Land can h...