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Shemitah: Where Does It Apply? Part 2 of 2

Speaker:: Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner
Date:: September 17 2020

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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:

Israel, Shemittah

Collections: R' Torczyner Shemittah Shiurim 2020

References: Sanhedrin: 26a , Makot: 9b

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1. Why have the sages seen a need to be lenient in applying laws of shemitah (and yovel) for the sake of finances, if the Torah promises blessing when we observe those laws? 2. Shemitah in Egypt and Syria 3. Calculating the southern boundary of Israel, with ramifications for the Aravah, Eilat, Aza and the entire Negev

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