The sabbath year or sabbatical year, also called the shmita or "sabbath of the Land", is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah in the Land of Israel and is observ
Shmita placard in an agricultural field (in the year 5782)
Field left uncultivated in observance of the shmita year near Rosh HaAyin (2007)
Proclamation of Chief Rabbi, Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, Regarding The Importance of Shemitah Observance, and collecting for a communal fund to support those who observe shmita without compromise.
The Land of Israel is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant. Related biblical, religious, and historical English terms include the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Holy
The 3rd–6th century CE Mosaic of Rehob describes the geography and agricultural rules of the local Jews of the era.
The Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, produced by Edward Weller c. 1890
Arthur Szyk . Visual History of Nations, Israel , New Canaan, CT