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Shmita

The sabbath year or sabbatical year (Hebrew: שביעית, romanized: shǝviʿit, lit. 'seventh'), also called the shmita (שמיטה, shǝmīṭā, 'release') or "sabbath of the Land", is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah in the Land of Israel and is observed in Judaism.

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Jerusalem Talmud:
Shevi'it (tractate)
Mishnah:
Shevi'it (tractate)
Torah:
Exodus 23:10–11, Leviticus 25:2–7 Leviticus 25:20–22 and Deuteronomy 15:1–3.

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Ancient Israel

Historical shmita years

Rabbinical interpretations

Observance in the Land of Israel

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Shevi'it

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Heter mechira

Storehouse of the rabbinical court

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Shmita

Nodes189
Edges188
Triples240
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010582
Components1

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Shmita

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related to Biblical references · 47
Shmita → All, And, At, Babylon, Book, Books, But, Chronicles, Deuteronomy, Do, Egypt, Exodus, For, God, God's, He, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, House, Isaiah
related to Rabbinical interpretations · 31
Shmita → An, And, Chazon Ish, Chief Rabbinate, Choshen Mishpat, Divine, Haredi, Heaven, However, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Jubilee, Land, Leviticus, Others, Rabbi Joshua Falk, Sabbatical, Sages, Sefer Me'irat Einayim
related to External links · 28
Shmita → Archived, As, Covenant, David Krantz, Dayan Dr, Eli Ashkenazi, Genesis, Grunfeld, Haaretz, ISBN, Jewcology, Jubilee, June, Land Ethic, October, Rabbi David Seidenberg, Reinvention, Religion, Religions, Sabbatical Year
related to Historical shmita years · 26
Shmita → According, After, First Temple, Hebrew, Hil, In, Its, Jewish, Josephus, Jubilee, Kokhba, Maccabees, Maimonides, Mishne Torah, Moreover, Rather, Sabbatical, Second Temple, Simon, Temple's
related to Heter mechira · 24
Shmita → After, British Mandate Palestine, Chief Rabbi, Exodus, Halacha, Haredi, He, However, In, Jew, Jewish, Jews, Minhag Yerushalayim, Modern Orthodox, Modern Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Rabbi Kook, Rabbi Spektor, Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
related to In modern Israel · 24
Shmita → According, Bakshi-Doron, BCE, Gad, Haredi, Hebrew, In, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Jubilee, Latin, Menashe, Reuben, Rosh Hashanah, Sefardic Chief Rabbi Eliyahu, September, Shabbat, State, Subsequent
related to The Sabbatical year 700/699 BCE · 14
Shmita → Assuming, BC, BCE, Could, Ezekiel's Jubilee, If, Isaiah, Jubilee, Jubilees, Kings, Sabbatical, Sabbatical/shmita, This, Young
related to Observance in the Land of Israel · 13
Shmita → According, Any, As, Diaspora, Elul, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Land, Personal, Since, The, While
related to Shmita 2007–2008 · 9
Shmita → Chief Rabbinate, During, Haredi, Israel, Israeli, Knesset, Modern Orthodox, The, The Israel Supreme Court
related to Shevi'it · 7
Shmita → For, In, It, Jewish, Once, Seventh Year, Shevi'it

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year sabbatical land jubilee israel produce years would also seventh seder bce hebrew olam sabbath one cycle talmud time jewish

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ShmitaJerusalem Talmud:Shevi'it (tractate)1.00infobox
ShmitaMishnah:Shevi'it (tractate)1.00infobox
ShmitaTorah:Exodus 23:10–11, Leviticus 25:2–7 Leviticus 25:20–22 and Deuteronomy 15:1–3.1.00infobox
grapes growing on existing vines can be harvestedinstance ofWhile naturally growing produce0.80text
it cannot be sold or used for commercial purposesinstance ofWhile naturally growing produce0.80text
a sidewalkinstance offrom his home and take it to a public area0.80text
tithesinstance ofwhich was given to us so we can sanctify its produce through the mitzvot0.80text
the Sabbatical yearinstance ofwhich was given to us so we can sanctify its produce through the mitzvot0.80text
and so oninstance ofwhich was given to us so we can sanctify its produce through the mitzvot0.80text
the study of Jean-François Lefebvreinstance ofbut which has been challenged by recent work0.80text
contracts or criminal cases were dated according to the Jubilee cycleinstance oflegal events0.80text
the Sabbatical cycle within the Jubilee cycleinstance oflegal events0.80text

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