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Nature hikes during shemitah

Now that it's summer vacation, many enjoy nature hikes in our beautiful country. During the shemitah year, we need to consider the laws of shemitah that we...

Loan Remission for Bank Deposits

What happens if a prozbul is not written for a bank account? Will it still be permitted to draw from the account?

Shemitah Tours

Nedivei Eretz

What is Nedivei Eretz, and how can we fulfill today (5782-2022) the mitzvah of shemitat kesafim at the end of the shemitah year?

Shenat Hasheva – Year Seven Project

An organization distributing holy fruit for free to yeshivot and other educational institutions through the winter of 5783

Tammuz Shemitah Updates

Why is sweet potatoes Sefichin only from Tammuz? First bi'ur this month, and more

Shemitah Fruit in the market – Tammuz, and ordering online fruit from supermarkets

Anna apples that ripe at Tammuz vs. other verities that will be available only at Elul

Kedushat shevi'it for banana peels / Rabbi Yehuda HaLevy Amichay

According to the Chazon Ish, do banana peels have kedusha, since in the world people eat them or give it to their animals?

What is bi'ur of shemitah fruit?

Bi'ur, do you need to burn fruit, what is the reason for this mitzvah, and for which fruits exactly does it apply?

Mehadrin Loan Remission – Shemitat Kesafim and Nedivei Eretz

Shemitat kesafim is a seemingly remote utopian vision. Debts incurred by the indigent from money borrowed over the years to sustain their families are wiped...