Why should you care about Shmitta if you are not a farmer in Israel?
Jewish people both in the Diaspora as well as residents of Israel can observe Shmita in Israel.
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.
People who made up stories about great miracles in the war lack the faith to see the everyday hidden miracles.
As Shmitta approaches, JewishPress.com interviews the founder of an organization that has planted more fruit trees in Israel than any other.
What does it mean, conceptually, to see Shabbat in different worlds?