Shemitah

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Philosophical Aspects of Shemitah

Debt Remission, Hakhel and Bi'ur

Shemitah in the Kitchen & Kedushat Shevi'it

Shemitah in the Garden

Buying Fruit and Vegetables & Otzar Ha'aretz

Shemitah Calendars

The shemitah year and its educational values and messages

What are the educational values that the Shemitah year teaches us, with regard to: the land, to other people, to spirituality, to one's correct relationship to...

The mutual responsibility aspect of shemitah

The responsibility of consumers vis-a-vis the farmers during the shemitah year. Which fruits and vegetables are preferable to consume: yivul nochri (grown by a...

Shemitah calendar for herbs and spices

When does each kind of herb and spice have kedushat shevi'it and when is its bi'ur time? Appendix D of the Consumer's Guide to Shemitah.

Caring for home gardens during the shemitah year

How do we care for our home garden during shemitah: advanced preparation, protecting trees and flowers, tending to weeds, and more. Chapter 22 of the Consumer's...

Guidelines for growing indoors on detached platforms

All you need to know on setting up detached platforms (matza menutak) for indoor home gardens. Appendix E of the Consumer's Guide to Shemitah.

Debt remission and land remission

Chazal juxtapose shemitat kesafim, the cancellation of debts, and shetmitat karka’ot, the nullification of ownership over the Land of Israel, and apply halachic...

Communal halachic rulings from the teachings of Rabbi Yaakov Ariel

Why did Rabbi Yaakov Ariel support heter mechirah? This and other communal halachic rulings based on Rabbi Ariel’s holistic halachic approach are discussed in...