How You Can Observe Shmitta Even if You Live in The Diaspora | The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com | Sponsored Post | 10 Adar 5781 – February 21, 2021
Rabbi Yisrael Kaniel Shmitta Is Coming Soon This upcoming Jewish New Year, 5782, begins is special and unique only to the Land of Israel, as it is 7th year, the Shmita year. Â We are forbidden to work the land during the Shmita year. Â It is to remain fallow. Â It is a commandment from the Torah that prescribes that the land rests for a year: Advertisement What is the Torah Basis of Shmitta? We read in the Torah (Sh’mot 23:10-11), “You may plant your land for six years and gather its crops. But during the seventh year, you must leave it alone and withdraw from it. The needy among ...
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