Now that we are in the month of Shevat I would like to continue my theme of the laws of the land of Israel. The seventh year of the agricultural cycle, is known as Shmittah, the Sabbatical year. In Israel, no new crops are planted and only maintenance work is done on crops and trees that already exist. Farmers may not sell their produce or prevent people (or animals) from ...
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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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