Jews around the world recently celebrated the Jewish New Year, ringing in what's known as a shmita, or sabbath year. A shmita occurs every seventh year, when the Torah states that no crops are to be ...
To Jews around the world, the current Jewish year, 5782, might not seem to have great significance, but among Israeli farmers, this year is a momentous one. We’re currently in a shmita year-a full ...
A recent social media post shared by a colleague said, “I feel like after the year we’ve all had, our rabbis should be able to stand up on Rosh Hashanah and just exclaim, ‘I am so overwhelmed! I don’t ...
Nothing draws attention to the passage of time like doing the same thing every year, and nothing marks disruption like not being able to do it. So this past September, when for the second straight ...
William and Malya Levin run the Alliance Community Reboot in Salem County, New Jersey. (Photo by Ahron Moeller) In our modern capitalist society, Jewish farmers can’t really observe the shmita year — ...
TROY, N.Y. — A local Shmita study group based in Congregation Berith Sholom, Troy, collected $3,164 in donations and recently invested them in the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region to honor ...
With shmita, the sabbatical year for agriculture, just around the corner (beginning on Rosh Hashanah 5782, September 7, 2021), secular, religious, and ultra-religious protagonists have yet another ...
TROY, N.Y. — A local Shmita study group based in Congregation Berith Sholom, Troy, collected $3,164 in donations and recently invested them in the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region to honor ...
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