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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

Shmita-keeping it behidur
Rabbi David Sperling | Sivan 27, 5774

Shmita planting
Various Rabbis | Adar II 18, 5768

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

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

Minhag Hamakom
16 Tishrei 5763

A Rabbi for Hashkafa
23 Tishrei 5763

Davening in a shul that faces West
28 Tishrei 5763

Zimun Alone II
23 Tishrei 5763

torah inheritance laws pt2
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Iyyar 12, 5782

Organic Rye flour after Pesach
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 10, 5782
