Articles Lema'seh Beit Midrash Articles Categories Around the Jewish Year Grafting Kashrut Kila'im Land of Israel Orlah & Neta Revay Other Topics Shemitah Terumot & Ma’aserot Place and Parasha Chadash Challah Subscribe to our Newsletter Full Name Email I agree to the terms of use and privacy policy of the site. The Shemitah Escape Room A cool educational activity for the entire family! We, at Torah VeHa'aretz Institute, prepared a special virtual shemitah escape room for you with quizzes,... Read More Squeezing citrus juice and storing it for the entire shemitah year Question (Tevet 5782): I have lemons, grapefruit, and oranges from the sixth year. In previous years, I harvested a large amount at once and juiced them with a... Read More Israeli organic peppers in the United States during shemitah Can a Jew in the US eat organic peppers exported from Israel during Shemitah? Read More Growing microgreens - sprouts during shemitah About vertical farms, sprout growing, and related halachot during shemitah and non-shemitah years Read More Israeli produce abroad: did all farmers in Israel sign heter mechirah? If someone relies on heter mechirah, can they eat Israeli produce exported abroad; do most Israeli farmers sign a bill of heter mechirah? What about terumot,... Read More Tevet Shemitah Update Read More Sources of produce in various types of stores What are the different between stores during shemitah. What does it mean "Shemitah Lechumrah", "Regular Rabbinate", and Otzar Ha'aretz Read More Kislev Shemitah Update Read More Cheshvan Shemitah Update The shemitah year is already here, and the prohibitions of working the soil are in full force: it is forbidden to work in the garden or field, aside from... Read More Digital Seder Tu BiShevat Digital Seder Tu BiShevat for family and community use plus activity guide Read More 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32