And if you will ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year; for we will not sow or gather in our crops?!” I will enact My blessing for you in the sixth year ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
But in the seventh year, there shall be a complete rest for the Land. . . (25:4) The Torah tells us the strict punishment for working the land of Eretz Yisroel during ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
And if you will say, ‘What will we eat in the seventh (Shmitta) year? We will not sow nor gather our crops.’ I will give My blessing to you in the sixth year ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
At the yovel (50th) year, slaves go free. The Torah gives a reason for this law; HaShem says it is ‘because Bnei Yisrael are MY servants…’ (25;45) ..
Written by d fine
It comes once in seven years, this year is one of them, and it is mentioned in our sedra; the obvious choice to speak about this week is Shmittah. We’ll open with ..
Written by d fine
The mitzvah of shemita requires every Jew (in the Land of Israel) to refrain from working the land during every 7th year. This was not just an enforced sabbatical ..
Written by Rabbi Andrew Savage
“Because they are my servants – whom I took out of the land of Mitzrayim, do not sell them the way slaves are sold.” Vayikra 25:42) The Divrei ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
“If you will say: What will we eat in the 7th year, when we may neither sow nor gather our crop? I will ordain My blessing for you in the 6th year and it will ..
Written by Howard Jackson
The opening pasuk of Behar singles out that the mitzvah of Shmittah – and all of its details – was relayed to Moshe at Har Sinai. Though this was true ..
Written by D Fine