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 Kids Garden of Mitzvot Subscribe to our Newsletter Full Name Email I agree to the terms of use and privacy policy of the site. Learning material for parent-children study about the mitzvot dependent on the Land of Israel Four kid-friendly, concise study sheets with the main concepts related to many of the land-dependent mitzvot and their practical application today plus a quiz... Read More Marking bikkurim today Suggestion for marking first fruit to demonstrate that we are anticipating using them as bikkurim with the imminent rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash, without... Read More Bikurim and the giving of the Torah: Gratitude The foundation of the commandment of bringing bikurim lies in our appreciation for the Creator, as expressed in the text read during the bikurim, when one... Read More Status of Land-Dependent Mitzvot in Areas Liberated in the Six-Day War On the halachic status of various territories conquered during the Six-Day War vis-à-vis the land-dependent mitzvot: Gaza, Arava, and the Golan Heights, and... Read More The Omer Offering and the Chadash Prohibition in Israel and Abroad On the chadash prohibition in Israel and abroad, the positions of the chief rabbinate and kashrut agencies. Plus: why do we rarely see "no fear of chadash" on... Read More Kedushat sheminit Otzar Ha'aretz—summary of the shemitah year and looking ahead: how we can strengthen our Jewish farmers and buy mehadrin produce also during non-shemitah years.... Read More Land-dependent mitzvot for land liberated in the Six Day War Did Israel's miraculous victory during the Six Day War change the halachic status of the land vis-à-vis land-dependent mitzvot? Read More Bi'ur ma'aserot and viduy ma'aserot This articles talks about a rare mitzvah we do twice in 7 years, in the 4th and 7th year of the shmita cycle (5779,5782). Read More Shavuot: The connection between Shavuot, Megillat Rut, and Harvest One reason cited for reading Megillat Rut on Shavuot is because it occurred during the harvest. Does this fact really matter? On the spiritual significance of... Read More Separating terumot and ma’aserot: procedure and text How exactly do we separate terumot and ma'aserot – the full procedure and the exact text 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 33 34
