Hakhel was not performed on the Shemittah year, but rather in the year that followed.
ONLY days left until the end of Shmitta!
Prozbul is a halachic regulation designed to allow the collection of loans that were made during the Sabbatical year.
Jewish people both in the Diaspora as well as residents of Israel can observe Shmita in Israel.
By JNi.Media
Jewish agricultural laws aren’t necessarily something the rest of the world easily becomes fixated on, but lately the word “Shemitah” has been popping up frequently in Google searches.
By Shalom Bear
At best, the Hareidim have been eating "Heter Mechira". At worse, they've been eating vegetables grown in sewer water or pesticides from unknown and unsupervised Arabs fields.
What does it mean, conceptually, to see Shabbat in different worlds?