Shemittah Next Year 5768

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Shemittah Guide

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Shemittah Q & A

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what about planting flowers?
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Shemittah Lectures

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Shemittah What is It All About

Shemittah comes from the Hebrew root "Shamot" to abandon to leave, to lie fallow.
The Bible Commands the Jewish People to let the land ( land of Israel ) to lie fallow. This Commandment happens every Seven year cycle, during the seventh year, the land must rest, and what grows on it, is subject to certain agricultural restrictions. The Shemittah year involves complex legal issues and deeply meaningful ideological concepts. Shemittah; the Jewish Sabbatical Year, is rooted in the bible but has other Jewish philosophical aspects such as: human dignity, Environmental aspects, trust in God, rejecting the worship of property, support of the poor. As an example the "abandonment of" (Shemittah - Shamot ) does not only have the land in mind, the bible also include debts and loans. When the Seventh year starts on The Jewish New Year ( Rosh Hashanah ) All debts and loans are nullified, ( Between individual people not institutions ). Today there are many ways to combine modern lifestyle while adhering to the strict letter of the law, This Site explores these possibilities.

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