Oct 22, 2012 · I come up with the fall of 12 A.D. as the beginning of the next shemittah year. The next closest multiple of 49 takes me to the year 2021 and falling back 7 years gives me the fall of 2014 (49 yrs. x 41 = 2009 yrs. + 12 yrs/12A.D. = 2021 - 7 …

Aug 25, 2020 · If Reuven owes Shimon $10, and shemittah passed, and Reuven remembered he never paid Shimon, yet he still wants to, should he? Is it honorable?

Jun 2, 2024 · Last Shabbos, my chavrusa asked me what the spiritual meaning of Shemittah is nowadays, in our spiritual life. The Sefer HaChinuch says that shemittah is only observed and linked to Eretz Yisroel, since the posuk says: "When you enter the Land" (Sefer HaChinuch 84), but, for us being in Galus, there must be a deeper reason behind shemittah.

May 24, 2019 · Shemittah therefore serves as a proof of the revelation at Sinai. The Imrei Shefer offers another explanation of the connection between shemittah and Mount Sinai. Shemittah , he says, is called Shabbos, for just as Shabbos is the source of blessing for the other six days of the week, shemittah is the source of blessing for the other six years ...

May 22, 2022 · ...Because the mitzvah of Shemitta is like the mitzvah of Shabbos, that is an acceptance of the kingship of Heaven - that every Jew stops on the day of Shabbos, and similarly during Shemitta in Eretz Yisroel; all those that engage in working the land - during shemittah they turn to Torah and prayer.

Jan 11, 2017 · Regarding the West Bank, though, you won't find a source that says explicitly that the laws apply, because the laws of shemittah don't recognize any differences based on current political bounderies. It would be like asking, "what's the source that the mitzvah of tzitzis applies on Wednesdays" –

Jun 4, 2012 · Shemittah Veyovel 10:8). When it is in effect, there is a halachic dispute as to whether it breaks up the cycles of shemittah years (i.e., you have 7 shemittah cycles totaling 49 years, then a year of yovel, and then the next 49-year cycle) or not (i.e., that the yovel is also the first year of the next 49-year cycle, thus being the 50th year ...

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I have an off line date converter (Hebrew to civil dates and vice versa). Also, I used an on line converter. Both of these converters give me a date of 21 Sept 1903 = Elul 29 5663 29 Elul 5663 = 29 September 1903 this is the date you give abo

Sep 14, 2017 · Devarim 31:10-12 mentions that at the end of shemittah (Sabbatical) year all of Israel should gather during the holiday of Succot to hear the Torah read. I gather that the reason Succot is chosen is that is the first holiday of the new year and people are already in Jerusalem for their pilgrimage.