Shemitah
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Shemitah is the biblical sabbatical year in Jewish law during which agricultural land in Israel lies fallow, debts are released, and certain economic and social reset practices are observed.
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish religious practice
ⓘ
biblical sabbatical year ⓘ halakhic institution ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
limit economic inequality
ⓘ
prevent long-term poverty ⓘ reinforce dependence on God ⓘ |
| allows | picking produce for immediate consumption ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
agricultural land in Israel
ⓘ
land of Israel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
economic reset
ⓘ
environmental rest ⓘ social justice ⓘ social reset ⓘ |
| bindingOn | Jewish farmers in Israel ⓘ |
| calendarBasis | Hebrew calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calendarExample |
Hebrew year 5775
ⓘ
Hebrew year 5782 ⓘ |
| commandedIn |
Deuteronomy 15:1–11
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Exodus 23:10–11 ⓘ Leviticus 25:1–7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debtReleaseCalled | Shemittat Kesafim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debtReleaseSource | Deuteronomy 15:1–3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Book of Deuteronomy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Leviticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | six years of agricultural work ⓘ |
| forbids |
harvesting in the usual manner
ⓘ
planting ⓘ plowing ⓘ pruning ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Sabbatical year
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shemittah year ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Biblical law in Judaism
ⓘ
Jewish agricultural law ⓘ Jewish economic ethics ⓘ |
| hasHalakhicMechanism |
Heter Mechira
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Otzar Beit Din NERFINISHED ⓘ Pruzbul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHebrewName | שְׁמִטָּה ⓘ |
| hasLegalCategory | mitzvot hateluyot ba’aretz ⓘ |
| hasTransliteration | Shemittah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes | release of debts ⓘ |
| mainObligation |
letting the land lie fallow
ⓘ
refraining from agricultural work ⓘ |
| observedBy | Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursEvery | seven years ⓘ |
| partOf | seven-year agricultural cycle ⓘ |
| precedes | Yovel in the 50-year cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pruzbulIntroducedBy | Hillel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Jubilee year
ⓘ
Yovel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
granting equal access to animals
ⓘ
granting equal access to strangers ⓘ granting equal access to the poor ⓘ treating produce as ownerless ⓘ |
| statusIn | rabbinic in contemporary practice ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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subject surface form:
Maaser