Rabbi Avi Weiss
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Israel Begins Preparing For the Shemitah
The sound of the shofar is in the air. The Hebrew month of Elul has come, preparing us for Rosh Hashanah. But this Rosh Hashanah, in the year 5775, will be different. This year is a sabbatical year—a Shemitah year. According to Jewish law, every seventh year the land in Israel must remain fallow. Not …
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