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Shmitah in Gaza
Question
I heard a claim that Jews in Gaza do not keep Shmitah because it is not actually biblical Eretz Yisrael. Is this true, and what sources can I use to refute it if not?
Answer
Gaza was outside the boundaries of Israel that Jews succeeded in settling at the time of Ezra and Nechemya and it was not sanctified at that time with the kedusha of the agricultural commandments. It is unquestionably included within the Biblical boundaries of Israel - those boundaries that we are commanded to include under Jewish sovereignty. Confirm this for yourself by looking at the end of Sefer BaMidbar.

Shmita and Charity
Various Rabbis | 9 Cheshvan 5768

Building out during Shemitta
Rabbi Baruch Finkelstein | 17 Av 5767

Children planting in Shmitta
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 14, 5775

Orlah fruit trees
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Adar I 5, 5771

Rabbi Jonathan Blass
Rabbi of Neve Tzuf and Rosh Kollel "Ratzon Yehuda".

Havdalah in shul
23 Tishrei 5763

Yizkor for a Ger
23 Tishrei 5763

Sinai
28 Tishrei 5763

Kosher Rice
5 Cheshvan 5763
Is Induction Cooktop good for Pessach?
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Cheshvan 11, 5770

Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773

Kitniyot Oils
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 27 Nisan 5764

Kitniyot Oils
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 27 Nisan 5764
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebration on Motzaei Tisha BAv
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Adar 28, 5783

Who is included in anti-Semitism?
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Adar 16, 5783

Judaism on Guns, Gun Control & Hunting
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Nisan 2, 5783
