36 Lessons
The Torah Perspective Accepting Hashem’s Kingdom
Aroch Siach, Yamim Noraim, an address from 5714 (1953)
Chazal set a role for all of the special days. We should clarify to what extent the days fulfill their roles, including their special place within the year.
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Does Pruzbol Ruin the Ability to Fulfill Shemittat Kesafim?
Why can’t the prz apply to everything, and I still fulfill the mitzva by voluntarily waiving my right to payment of the loan of my choice?
Shmitta Pruzbul
The mitzvah of Shemittas Kesafim comes into effect this year immediately before Rosh Hashanah. This law cancels all debts that someone is owed, meaning that the creditor cannot force collection.
Heter Mechira Otzar Bais Din or Heter Otzar Beis Din
An Otzar Beis Din is literally ‘a storehouse operated by Beis Din.’ Why would Beis Din operate a warehouse?
Shmitta Saved By Shmitah
13 Hamas terrorists never expected that their plans to attack and kill Jews would be exposed & ruined by the mitzvah of Shmitah. Watch to find out how Hashem’s promise to bless those who keep the mitzvah unfolded near the Gaza border just seven years ago.
Shmitta A Shmittah Glossary
Most chutz la’aretz residents are not that familiar with the laws of shmittah that will affect those who live in Eretz Yisroel every day next year. Actually, the laws can and do affect people living in chutz la’aretz also.
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Buying Land for Shemitta
A group provides the opportunity to buy agricultural land in Israel for the Shemitta year. Is that worthwhile?
Shmitta Shmitta- A Concise Review Of All the Practical Laws For Your Kitchen and Yard
With our recent return to the Land of Israel, Shmitta has once again returned to the agenda of being a practical mitzva! The many laws & practical applications practiced every 7th year, as well as the many different approaches, can be confusing, especially for those of us who did not grow up in Israel. This "crash course" comes to remind the forgotten & simplify an entire year of additional mitzvot and halachot regarding almost everything that we will eat, in an easy & understandable way, focusing on the consumer's guide to how to buy and run a Shmitta-kosher kitchen, and what is or isn't allowed in our backyard & flower-pots. Please pass this link on to your friends who may be in need of this neatly-packaged summary & review.
Heter Mechira The Heter Mechirah Controversy
What is heter mechirah? Is this any different from selling one’s Chometz for Pesach?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Air Conditioner Drain Pipe during Shemitta
In preparation for the upcoming Shemitta year, should I reroute my air conditioner drain pipe so that it does not drip in an area around vegetation?
Revivim Monetary Torah Laws at the Close of the Shmitta Year
What is shimittat ksafim, when does it apply and what is the pruzbul?
Revivim The Haredi Boycott of Heter Mechira Fruits is Unsustainable
The only logical explanation for the fierceness of haredi opposition to the heter mechira is that they associate it with Zionism
Revivim The History of the Heter Mechira
The heter mechira came about in the first shmitta year, 5649 (1888), after thousands of years in exile. Some opposing poskim changed their positions when they saw how urgent the situation was. Anti-Zionism caused more opposition.
Revivim "Do Not Give Them a Resting Place in the Land"
Does the biblical prohibition in the title of the article contradict the application of heter mechira (selling land temporarily to a non-Jew during the shmitta year).
