Shmita
Sign in to savethumb|Shmita placard in an agricultural field (in the year 5782) The sabbath year or sabbatical year (), also called the shmita () 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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- Ancient Israel
- Ancient Near East fallow years
- Biblical references
- Historical ''shmita'' years
- Rabbinical interpretations
- Observance in the Land of Israel
- Talmudic references
- ''Shevi'it''
- Aftergrowths
- ''Heter mechira''
- Storehouse of the rabbinical court
- ''Biur''
- Kabbalah and Chassidut
- In modern Israel
- Hydroponics
- Shmita 2007–2008
- In the First Temple period
- The Sabbatical year 868/867 BCE
- The Sabbatical year 700/699 BCE
- The Sabbatical year 623/622 BCE
- The Sabbatical year 588/587 BCE
- The Sabbatical year 574/573 BCE
- Sabbatical years in the Second Temple period
- ''Seder Olam'' and the Sabbaticals associated with the destructions of the Temples
- Jubilee and Sabbatical years as a long-term calendar for Israel
- See also
- References
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thumb|Shmita placard in an agricultural field (in the year 5782) The sabbath year or sabbatical year (), also called the shmita () 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.
During shmita, the land is left to lie fallow and all agricultural activity, including plowing, planting, pruning and harvesting, is forbidden by halakha (Jewish law). Other cultivation techniques (such as watering, fertilizing, weeding, spraying, trimming and mowing) may be performed as a preventive measure only, not to improve the growth of trees or other plants. Additionally, any fruits or herbs which grow of their own accord and where no watch is kept over them are deemed hefker (ownerless) and may be picked by anyone. A variety of laws also apply to the sale, consumption and disposal of shmita produce. All debts, except those of foreigners, were to be remitted.