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

Halacha:

Shemittah 

Machshava:

Israel,  Philosophy of Halacha 

Personalities:

Rav Kook 

Collections: R' Bergman Shemitah

Description

Heter Mechirah involves the temporary sale of the land of Israel to gentiles to allow working the land and selling its produce during the Shemitah year. But what is the basis of this dispensation, and how can we talk about removing the sanctity of the land for the sake of "Yishuv Eretz Yisrael"?