Shemitah Videos

The agricultural restrictions of the seventh (shemita) year, how it is practiced by Jewish farmers in the Land of Israel today, and how it affects kosher consumers.

The Torah specifically links the mitzvah of resting on the Sabbatical year to Mount Sinai. This demonstrates a powerful lesson in the proper approach to work and higher living.

The parshah of Behar opens with the mitzvah of Shemita, the grounding injunction to refrain working the Holy Land’s soil every seven years. This ground-breaking class uncovers treasures buried just beneath the crust of this most unusual biblical commandment. In addition to garnering a clear understanding of the exceptional scriptural syntax and a range of unique Torah teachings, you’ll discover a whole new level of consciousness and learn how to retain an oasis of calm even as some of the structures we may have centred our lives around appear to be collapsing!

Study the daily lesson of Sefer HaMitzvos for day 144 with Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, where he teaches the mitzvah in-depth with added insight and detail.

Learn the foundational principles and central laws of the Sabbatical Year, known as Shemitah, which is a year of rest and release for both land and money.

Before they entered the Land of Israel, Moses instructed the Jewish People regarding Shemitah, the Sabbatical Year. He did not preface with instructions regarding the six years of work, because the purpose of having Israel was not to work the land, but to reach the blessings of the seventh year, when the Jews could devote themselves to educating their children in Torah.

An interesting look at how various laws concerning the Sabbatical and Jubilee years affect economics.

Study the daily lesson of Sefer HaMitzvos for day 143 with Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, where he teaches the mitzvah in-depth with added insight and detail.

Join Chana for a fascinating conversation with Ira Zimmerman, an Israeli farmer who shares what it's like to completely trust G-d for his livelihood for the entire sabbatical year.

Discover the unique legal mechanism for the ‘pruzbul’ procedure in order to circumvent the issue of loan amnesty on the sabbatical year of shemita.

In this class we analyze the power of rabbinical enactments as it relates to the pruzbul.

Discover the Talmud’s unique approach in how to view the borrower’s obligation and mitzvah to repay a loan.

In this class we uncover two ways to look at loan amnesty relating to shemittah, and then we examine the Rebbe’s fascinating approach to the enactment of pruzbul.

Rashi maps out when the different elements of Judaism were originally taught and the Rebbe derives from it a fascinating insight into how we practice Judaism.

Shabbos is a weekly rest, while Shemittah is agricultural pause every seven years. Together, they teach us how a Jewish person should engage the world. Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 12, Behar (sicha 1)