Tag: shmita

Shmita and surviving a year in Israel without starving as the land rests

Shmita is a Jewish way to let the land rest once every 7 years. For Jewish Israelis it's a...

Shmita year, an introduction from Israel

Our readers have also been asking about organic gardening during the shmita (or Sabbatical) year in the land of...

The Shmita year and its connection to the environment

Thousands of years before green became hot, the Jewish people were observing the Shmitta, or shmita, a sabbatical year. The...