Shemittah: The Jewish Sabbatical Year

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dc.contributor.advisor	Hutt, Peter Barton	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hershman, Lisa	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-07T20:14:05Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Shemittah: The Jewish Sabbatical Year (2003 Third Year Paper)	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8852128
dc.description.abstract	The laws pertaining to the Jewish Sabbatical year are explored. The laws derive from a Biblical commandment to let the land (of Israel) lay fallow every seventh year. The first part of this paper is an exposition of the laws, including the types of agricultural work proscribed and the different prohibitions associated with produce grown during the Sabbatical year. The second part presents an analysis of the controversial â€&oelig;hetter mechira,â€ the legal device developed by Rabbinic authorities in the 1890s, whereby farmland is sold to a non-Jew to avoid the harsh constraints imposed by observance of the Sabbatical year.	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dash.license	LAA	en_US
dc.subject	Food and Drug Law	en
dc.subject	sabbatical	en
dc.title	Shemittah: The Jewish Sabbatical Year	en
dc.type	Paper (for course/seminar/workshop)	en_US
dc.date.available	2012-06-07T20:14:05Z