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What Can a Bird and a Seed Teach Us ΊΪΑΟΙη Shemitah?
May 24, 2024 By Yael Hammerman | Commentary | Behar
In Parashat Behar, God tells the Israelites that when they enter the land that God will give them, βthe Land shall observe a Sabbath of the Adonaiββveshavta haβaretz Shabbat lβAdonai (Lev. 25:2). This becomes known as the shemitah year. For six years, you can work to your heartβs contentβyou can sow, prune, and gather, but in the seventh year, the land shall have a full, complete rest: shabbat shabbaton yihiyeh laβaretz (Lev. 25:4)!
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