Agricultural Ethics – Bo 5776

This month, Shevat, is when we celebrate and mark the agricultural laws of the Land of Israel.  Israel is a holy land and its agricultural products are considered holy,  and therefore have special laws that apply to them.  The most well-known is the obligation (Biblical when most Jews live in Israel, Rabbinic nowadays) to separate a percentage of the crop and give it to the Cohanim (Descendants of Aaron, priests ...

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