Sunday 1/04/15   Topic: Being on God’s Calendar Series – The Shemitah (the Sabbatical year) Being on God’s Calendar.mp3     Scriptures: John 25:4-11 2Chorn. 36:20-21 Lev. 26:31-35 Isa. 43 The sabbath year (shmita Hebrew: שמיטה‎, literally “release”) also called the sabbatical year or sheviit (Hebrew: שביעית‎, literally “seventh”) is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah for the Land of Israel. During shmita, the land is left to itself – it is not worked…all agricultural activity, including plowing, planting, pruning and harvesting, is forbidden. Any fruits which grow of their own accord are deemed hefker (ownerless) […]